How to Use handyman in a Sentence

handyman

noun

• The new warrant speaks of a lying lover and handyman with something to hide.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
• Manuel Vázquez, a handyman who was walking while reading a newspaper, agreed.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2019
• Burda worked as an occasional handyman for Day, police and a friend said.
  — oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
• On Friday, state police accused one of them in his death: Day’s live-in handyman, a 36-year-old with a lengthy rap sheet.
  — oregonlive.com, 6 July 2019
• Chadwick had originally claimed his wife was kidnapped and killed by a handyman, but detectives doubted his story.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2019
• Vann’s father returned after a career in the military and spent his old age as a kind of unofficial mayor and handyman.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• Longtime resident Patrick Brady is a handyman who moonlights as a snake (and other creepy-crawly) wrangler.
  — Pomerado News, 15 Aug. 2019
• Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a handyman going through the motions of living until the death of his brother.
  — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024
• After Gargiulo moved to Los Angeles, police said the former handyman and boxer found new victims.
  — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2019
• Wilmore, a bit of a handyman who builds tables and sheds for his church, was tasked with servicing a pair of freezers used to hold research samples as well as refilling the coolant loops in one of the station’s water pumps.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• An insecure mess, Rick has a saving grace – in more ways than one – in stunt double/confidante/driver/handyman Cliff Booth (Pitt).
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
• Check out the best tool gifts now for the handyman in your life.
  — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
• The handyman swore at the lawyer, jumped back in his truck and drove away.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• The clip shows the handyman grabbing the flowers and tossing them on the ground.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• He's got his truck and he's got all these handyman jobs.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 26 June 2020
• Hanel lived for free at the home in exchange for handyman work, Burge said.
  — Caleb Jones, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2020
• Your handyman will find a number of ways to put these light-up gloves to use.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2022
• Burda was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, OR.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 July 2024
• Video from his cell showed the 49-year-old handyman struggling with deputies.
  — Daphne Duret, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• Kenny Farr was a handyman who worked for many years for both Lewis and Baskin.
  — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2020
• Saeng Syvanthong, 69, once a handyman and groundskeeper, used to get calls from the phone tree.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
• Paul Michels, 54, was a handyman who loved ones said could build or fix anything.
  — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 27 July 2021
• Bell has been living off savings and stray handyman work around the Bay Area.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
• Craigslist isn't just for finding a local handyman in a pinch.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
• Her husband pinch-hits as the store’s handyman, and her 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son are helpers.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2022
• The Goffin’s cockatoo is the handyman of the avian kingdom.
  — Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Feb. 2023
• There will be a 1900s room, a drunken handyman bar, a botanist room that can be used for private events.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• For most of the 1920s, Eddie Bennett was the Yankees’ handyman, mascot and good luck charm.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Majors returned to the apartment and saw the top door locked, called a handyman to unlock it, found Jabbari on the floor and called 911.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
• When my credit card fell through the cracks of the 250-plus-year-old floorboards (a handyman came to recover it for me).
  — Lydia Mansel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024