seamen

Example Sentences

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Whatever the weight, a falling pot always sends seamen scattering; the close calls have been many.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The researchers have estimated that the proportion of lung cancers related to onboard asbestos exposure were of the order of 27 per cent in Australian seamen and 12 per cent in British seamen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

It said Kim later watched the ship’s seamen conduct a drill of launching “strategic” cruise missiles, a word implying the weapons were developed to carry nuclear warheads.

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2023

All the younger children were able-bodied seamen who, presumably, ate hardtack and bunked before the mast.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey