How to Use teamster in a Sentence

teamster

noun

• Then, a teamster who was in the building walked in and kept the man at ease before the police arrived minutes later.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
• According to the land trust's website, the old logging roads were used by teamsters for the Waterbury brass mills.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 14 July 2017
• Secretary Steven Mnuchin met last week with 25 Teamsters retirees from groups in 15 states.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 17 July 2017
• Taverns developed along the turnpikes to serve the needs of teamsters and their animals.
  — Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 Oct. 2019
• The teamsters did not file their grievance in time, and an arbiter ruled the city did not need to pay out a settlement to the union, Bockenstedt said.
  — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2019
• My dad worked long hours at a packing and shipping facility in Sante Fe Springs as a teamster.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 11 Oct. 2017
• If oil could get from the well to the refinery in a single container, the barrels and the teamsters who moved them could be eliminated.
  — Brian Jacobson, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2017
• On the sidelines, waiting for their turn at the task, the teamsters were more than happy to extol the virtues of their particular animal.
  — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 2 May 2018
• The animals retired after 14 years of fair work, but Powers was there ready with pointers for young teamsters.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 17 June 2019
• Food and supplies that should have been delivered to the starving pioneers went instead to teamsters who traveled west at the same time as the handcarts.
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 June 2019
• For the rest of his life, Dinning supported his family as a teamster and laborer.
  — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
• Burton’s start in Newport, in the mid-19th century, had been a humble one, working as a teamster hauling coal and goods from the docks for other business owners.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
• The film follows a truck driver who becomes a hitman for a mobster and also ends up working with famed teamster Jimmy Hoffa.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• Unionized coal and steel miners, teamsters, bakers, tobacco workers and others filled the lawn and steps of the Ohio Statehouse a day ahead of a congressional field hearing on the issue.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2018
• Teamsters retirees last year made a concerted bid to prevent dramatic cuts to current retirees’ checks.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 17 July 2017
• A day of chocolates, roses, romance, and teamster organizing.
  — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2022
• Four positions under the teamsters would be included under that contract.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 4 June 2018
• Teamsters also park their personal vehicles in crosswalks, blocking traffic, the suit says.
  — Becky Yerak, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
• Arroyo, 55, is a teamster who works in transportation on Hollywood productions.
  — Daniel Miller, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• The teamsters represent workers in the motion picture industry, from truck drivers to casting directors.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2007
• Both candidates have long lists of prominent endorsers, with labor unions, including those for teachers, electricians, state workers and teamsters, siding with Pham.
  — oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2020
• Ross was among thousands of unionized coal miners, iron workers, teamsters, bakers, tobacco workers, millers and others who descended on the Ohio Statehouse to rally ahead of a congressional field hearing in Columbus.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024