How to Use crewman in a Sentence

crewman

noun

• Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
• By 18, Mark was a crewman — and made crab boat captain by the age of 21.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
• Platsch and his 21 crewmen must have felt a wild elation.
  — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2018
• Walker was one of 103 crewmen who died on the ship during the attack, the DPAA said.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
• Three of the crewmen were freed from the engine room at about 3 p.m. The fourth rescue proved more complex.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
• That's when a crewman disembarked onto a small boat to the dock to do it.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
• And one veteran crewman says the change could lead to more injuries among the men who go over the wall.
  — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
• Gordon had crashed out of the race, so his crewmen were available.
  — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including the Blitzes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
• In 2009, off the coast of Turkey, an electrical fire broke out aboard the ship, killing one crewman.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
• Busch led 78 of the first 80 laps of the race before two miscues in the pits — loose lug nuts and a crewman over the wall too soon — dropped him two laps down.
  — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2017
• Six crewmen were killed in the sinking, the rest rescued by nearby ships.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2017
• Hoh Shi Cheng was hit once in the neck near the entrance to the boat’s engine room while the other crewmen took cover, the court said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Twenty-six crewmen and agents spilled out, setting off a huge manhunt in the area.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2018
• Packard spoke with crewman Josiah Mayo, who relayed some of the details to her.
  — Doug Fraser, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
• Two more rounds from Lattimer’s gun brought two more hits that left the tank disabled with three dead crewmen.
  — oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019
• Half of the 36 bombers that made the attack were damaged and about 18 crewmen were injured, McCaslin said.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 7 July 2018
• In all, that one crewman is painting for nearly six hours straight.
  — Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• In a lot of places, depending on the airport, some of the grounds crewmen will bring it to you, but some of them will push it down the oversized ramp.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 28 May 2018
• The tank engine quit its smoky growl on a solid chunk of Highway T0504, and two crewmen leaped off to inspect the tracks.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
• A saloonkeeper and a crewman from the Star found a sailboat that could still float and set out for the mainland.
  — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 4 Jan. 2017
• In 2009, off the coast of Turkey, an electrical fire killed one crewman.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2022
• In 2009 off the coast of Turkey, a problem with the electrical system led to a fire that killed one crewman.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
• The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Kesler.
  — Julia Rentsch, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
• Hebard crewmen tossed lines and pulled all to safety except Ironton mate Ed Boswick, who couldn’t muster the strength to hold on.
  — John Flesher, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
• Hebard crewmen tossed lines and pulled all to safety except Ironton mate Ed Boswick, who couldn't muster the strength to hold on.
  — John Flesher, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
• The ship's doom was hastened when crewman opened a gangway door to try to load lifeboats from a lower level.
  — Jackie Loohauis-Bennett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
• The Zuni shot out of the rocket pod, severing the arm of a crewman who was in the rocket’s path, and hitting an A-4 Skyhawk.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2023
• Rescuers drilled into the hull’s steel plates and rescued four crewmen who were trapped in the ship in scorching heat and darkness.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• After all the other crewmen are out, Bucky and Brady quarrel manfully over who should be the last to jump — the senior officer onboard or the captain of the ship.
  — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024