How to Use tradesman in a Sentence

tradesman

noun
  • He joined the tradesmen's union.
  • Weitz walked around, shaking hands with the tradesmen of Rodeo Drive.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2013
  • With the Titan that's best suited for tradesmen now gone, the half-ton truck's base price rises by over $5000.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Hansen spent the last 10 years researching and building his skills as a skilled tradesman.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Emmanuel Nelson, a 46-year-old tradesman, sat on the stoop of a house blown off its foundation.
    Author: Anthony Faiola, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The designer gets a lot of the credit—rightfully so—but the tradesmen are helping bring things to life.
    House Beautiful, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The tradesmen and merchants in town heard the monastery bells ring out eight times a day and began to synchronize their daily tasks to their rhythm.
    Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harper's Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021
  • And local tradesmen have contributed their time and expertise to bring the new 3,800-square-foot space up to code.
    Janice Steinhagen, courant.com, 24 June 2019
  • But the majority of the people in the room were tradesmen taking their lunch break – and that alone has a lot to say about the value a place offers.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • His father, George, was a tradesman, and his mother, the former Mary Harsha, was a schoolteacher.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Many of the façades are restored originals, depicting stories of the tradesmen who lived and worked here.
    Malavika Bhattacharya, National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Like the others, Baker portrayed a tradesman from a bygone era.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • My dad, my uncles, all tradesmen, ladder racks on their trucks, chain-smokers, nights at the Legion.
    Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The tradesmen shops of the old old town have been repurposed as souvenir depots and jewelry stores.
    Erik R. Trinidad, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
  • Among the eight men — all escaped slaves — was William B. Gould, a skilled tradesman who had worked as a plasterer around Wilmington.
    New York Times, 17 June 2022
  • Maibach in his statement said more than 1,200 tradesmen and women work at the arena construction site.
    Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2017
  • From tradesman tool to off-road warrior to bling machine, there's a truck for pretty much everyone.
    Kirk Seaman, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2019
  • In a nation that idolizes its tradesmen, nothing is more sacrosanct than a tradie’s pickup truck.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Police acted on a tip-off from a local tradesman who had spotted the equipment when looking into the flat.
    Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Trump grudgingly also allowed a few of the tradesmen working on the building to attend.
    Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • There were tradesmen, bankers, merchants, families of old money, politicians and more — just like any small town.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • According to the HBA, more than 2 million tradesmen are needed to fill the job openings this year alone, and that number is expected to grow.
    Jill Sell, cleveland.com, 25 June 2017
  • His father was a glazier — a tradesman who works with glass — and his mother was a cleaner, according to the London Daily Telegraph.
    Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
  • With skilled tradesmen in high demand, some recent Jeffboat workers have already found new jobs.
    Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Trained volunteers will work with skilled tradesmen to restore homesteads as work has advanced beyond the cleanup phase, said Davidson.
    Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
  • As farmers and tradesmen, Vikings had access to root vegetables, including parsnips and carrots; fruit; sausage; cheese; and salmon — but not potatoes, which weren't around at the time, Gooch said.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Born in the Paris suburbs, Kiss began working as a tradesman at 15, after being kicked out of boarding school in the nearby Essonne region.
    Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • In that time, tradesmen who left positions went to other professions.
    Brian Sodoma, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The patient who has dinner with her doctor at a country club is more likely to be able to jump the queue than a carpenter, bricklayer or other tradesman.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Much like how plumbers, electricians, and other tradesmen install and service other equipment in a home.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2018

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