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• Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.From the entry go
• The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.From the entry crossbeam
• The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.From the entry plaster
• We arrived home to a scene of controlled chaos, with painters, electricians, plumbers, and workmen of all shapes and colours all over the house.From the entry controlled chaos
• These have evolved into rope access techniques which allow workmen to work on high structures without scaffolding.2013, Alastair Buchan, The Atlantic Sailor's Handbook, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry ascendeur
• He pointed toward a groaning tram packed with malnourished workmen, rickets, and penury.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry shanks' pony
• 'A dooker, one I confiscated many years ago from a workman here.1992, Tom Morton, Spirit of Adventure: A Journey Beyond the Whisky Trails, Edinburgh; London: Mainstream Publishing, →ISBN, pages 81–82. From the entry dooker
• Usually, the mispiled objects fell or the inadequately placed objects toppled over and struck workmen.1953, BLS Report, page 23. From the entry mispile
• That is done to keep workmen away from the back of the machine.1914, State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division--Fourth Department, quoting Henry J. Walz, John Knapczyk against George Badner…. From the entry dangerest
• The dirt which the workmen have been throwing in was washed away into the river.1913, Municipal Journal, volume 35, page 506. From the entry slank
• The employees have all had training in power wagon factories and are regarded as expert workmen.1912 July, “Building special motor truck bodies”, in The Motor Truck: Devoted to Motor Driven Business Vehicles of All Classes, volume 3…. From the entry body
• Thus the workmen decide the principle, the Executive carry it out.1912, Noah Ablett, The Miners' Next Step. From the entry ratify
• The wages of the workmen—cutter, bushelman, coatmaker, pantsmaker—would continue to rise, would represent moe per week than the boss's own share.2023, Henry Miller, Plexus: Unveiling Desires and Experiences in Henry Miller's World, Namaskar Book, page ???. From the entry coatmaker
• Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.2014, Taking the rough with the smooth: Bolton residents anger over half-tarmaced road, ITV Granada. From the entry tarmac
• A bunch of workmen were lying on the grass of the park beside Macquarie Street, in the dinner hour.1923, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Torestin”, in Kangaroo, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 1. From the entry shirt sleeves
• It is because they are all placed against the wall to keep the workmen from getting back of it.1914, State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division--Fourth Department, quoting Henry J. Walz, John Knapczyk against George Badner…. From the entry dangerest
• Then, three workmen throwing dice for drinks.1904, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. From the entry zinc
• The last of these workmen of the road to quit their rounds were the chair reseaters, commonly called chair bottomers, and clock repairmen.2012, John W. Allen, Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois, page 151. From the entry reseater
• This lessens the liability of an upper log rolling or falling upon the workman while he Is engaged in cutting the lower tree.1912 June 18, Supreme Court of Washington, “HENDRICKSON v. SIMPSON LOGGING CO.”, in The Pacific reporter, page 395. From the entry jackpot
• After a while the workmen engaged on the mill came to a difficulty, and the mill stopped, nor could they rectify the fault.1908, Sabine Baring-Gould, Devonshire Characters and Strange Events, The Rev. W. Davy. From the entry suently
• He not only expects his fence to be perfect, he also expects his dongas to be the best workman′s huts in Australia, and that is what they are.2004, James Woodford, The Dog Fence, page 225. From the entry donga
• I was a hail fellow well met with all of the workmen at the factory, most of whom knew little and cared less about social distinctions.1990, James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Penguin, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry hail fellow well met
• So, we are being fobbed off by second-rate American junk by smart aleck salesman from Pittsburgh while British factories stand empty and British workmen queue up for the dole.1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington). From the entry dole
• Kienholz has the unique ability to make things as a combination workman and set designer, who is expert in the skills of carpentry, metalsmithing, electricianship and judgment.1968, Edward Kienholz, The Art Show, page 12. From the entry electricianship
• It is commonly known as stone-work to the practical printer, because the forms are placed and handled on an imposing stone, and the workmen are known as Impositors.1922, Clifford Wilson Hague, Textbook of Printing Occupations, page 137. From the entry imposing stone
• A little later a rakish young workman, with a goatee beard and a swagger, lit his clay pipe at the lamp before descending into the street.1904 March 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry rakish
• All that is required is ordinary center punch mark, thereby saving time and labor, also avoiding the liability of workman spoiling the sheet by mispunched hole.1904 May, J.T.J., “A Flue Hole Cutter That Cuts”, in Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way, volume 10, page 16. From the entry mispunch
• The workmen lived farther along the line, in a sort of company town, which at present greatly resembled a Western mining-camp, though ultimately it was to be a bungalow town.1917, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 5, in The Treasure-Train. From the entry company town

Meaning of workman

1. noun A man who labours for wages.
2. noun An artisan or craftsman.

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Questions about workman in a sentence

How do you use workman in a sentence?

Workman is used as a noun. For example: “Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.”

What is a short sentence with workman?

“The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.”

What does workman mean?

Workman means a man who labours for wages.