workman

Example Sentences

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Conservators restoring paintings at Blenheim Palace are hoping to track down workmen or their relatives who left their names in the ceiling area decades ago.

From BBC

Penelope had to dodge piles of lumber and burly workmen holding jagged-edged saws, but it did not slow her approach.

From Literature

“It is a very inconvenient situation, to be sure. But the workmen have been trying their best, and surely that is all one can ask of them.”

From Literature

First, workmen, specifically hired for the purpose, placed strong harnesses under the submarine and then attached them to a huge crane that sat upon a recovery barge.

From Literature

Before they could slide Cleopatra’s Needle out of the ship, the workmen laid down metal tracks, sort of like railroad tracks.

From Literature