How to Use draftsman in a Sentence

draftsman

noun

• Her use of color is not outstanding, but she is a first-rate draftsman.
• Captain Boase had been with the men from the drill hall in Dundee and knew Joe’s skill as a draftsman.
  — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
• But he was fired after a year because he was deemed to have flopped as a draftsman.
  — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
• Tomlin’s skill as a draftsman is an important part of his method.
  — Charlotte Higgins, The New Yorker, 1 May 2017
• Having served as a draftsman as a teenager, Ocasek was a prolific drawer over the course of his life.
  — Ashley Iasimone, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2019
• Stubbe had grown up in Milwaukee, the only child of a draftsman and homemaker.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
• Lewis Latimer was an inventor and patent draftsman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  — Dominique Barchus, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• The draftsman designs the plant and the lead engineer does the electric power requirement things.
  — Hayley Sanchez, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2017
• Jung was a graphic artist and draftsman as well as a photographer.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 24 July 2017
• After May died in 1880, his chief draftsman, architect Adolph Scherrer, took over the project.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022
• One photo captures the day in 1964 when Wallace Rashall, a draftsman, heard about a swarm of bees that had invaded a car at lunchtime at the Sharpstown mall.
  — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2018
• On the other side of the family, my mother’s father was a draftsman and pattern maker.
  — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2022
• Scotch grew up in Connecticut, the daughter of an unskilled draftsman and a homemaker.
  — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• U.S. Steel later hired Comer as its first black draftsman, Dillard said.
  — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 1 June 2017
• Roger retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft after 43 years as a draftsman and graphic artist.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Some of the original drawings of the theater's interior are signed by Sullivan's young draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, who had been hired by the firm in 1888.
  — Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2018
• Goltzius, a draftsman of genius, won fame through his engravings.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
• The firm brought the original draftsman out of retirement to update those floor plans, which are being offered to those looking to rebuild.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2018
• One example is Lewis Latimer, an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2022
• Here and elsewhere Bowers is a consummate draftsman, and some of her most stirring work depends upon this skill set.
  — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• To save money for flight school, Gee worked as a draftsman for the engineers working on classified projects on U.S. naval ships needing repair.
  — Em Steck, Teen Vogue, 24 Dec. 2017
• Klimt was a painter, draftsman, mentor and leading figure of the Vienna art and architecture scene.
  — Molly Selvin, latimes.com, 8 July 2018
• Her father, Michael Longchamp, was 39 that summer, working as a draftsman at an architectural firm.
  — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Bloom was a supremely talented draftsman, matching old masters line for line.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• De Kooning was a great draftsman, with years of training under his belt, and no one was better at harnessing accidents.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• Seurat drew on his background as a draftsman to achieve this technical precision.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2017
• Seurat drew on his background as a draftsman to achieve this technical precision.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2017
• Ebens was heard using slurs and blaming Chin, a Chinese American draftsman who had nothing to do with the economic crisis.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
• Francis was a college graduate and draftsman for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft for more than twenty years.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 31 May 2018
• Henry Koch, then a draftsman at Mygatt and Schmidtner, was responsible for designing the lions out front.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024