postman

Example Sentences

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Royal Mail said residents can use another nearby postbox or hand stamped letters to their postman or woman.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

A postman is said to have found the man's body in Grange Road before the vehicle was later discovered in Eastcourt Lane.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

The postman Joseph Roulin and his wife, Augustine, became Van Gogh’s principal friends during his stay in Arles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The virus then acts like a microscopic postman – delivering the new piece of DNA inside brain cells, where it becomes active.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

“Yeah, it must have been bad all right,” Ed Mills, the postman said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy