shoemaker

Example Sentences

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The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Francis came into the collection a few years after the 2008 death of Pasquale Di Fabrizio, an Italian cobbler known in Los Angeles as the "shoemaker to the stars."

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

UK call-centre firm Ventrica, which works with brands such as shoemaker Clarks, fashion chain New Look and McDonald's, opened an operation in South Africa in 2022.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

The shoemaker occasionally made house calls, but his customers mostly came to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Although the elves left a thank-you note for the shoemaker, he put his coffee cup down on it, and it stuck to the cup’s damp bottom.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine