riveter
Example Sentences
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My mother, Ella Mae, had been a riveter during World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
And connected with Phyllis Gould and Mae Krier, who worked as a welder and a riveter, respectively, during the war.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
John Hume was born in Derry on Jan. 18, 1937, the eldest of seven children of Sam Hume, a shipyard riveter who lived for many years on state welfare, and Annie Doherty Hume.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
