How to Use workman in a Sentence

workman

noun

• The dining room has a sober, workman-like look about it.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• Once in Teller, W.R. found the workman's wife, who led him to their boat.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Oct. 2017
• There were 14 children in a small house, and no workman’s comp.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2018
• David Selig thought the smell of pot might be the result of workmen smoking it on their breaks.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
• The leather yoke at the front chest and upper back give it the authentic workman’s feel.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
• One workman said the crews would continue spraying the boat through the night.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 May 2018
• Michigan opened the game with a workman-like, 16-play, 64-yard scoring drive.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2017
• Only a trusted few of Ford’s workmen had access to the space.
  — Tony Swan, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2017
• Outside one tent, a pair of workman’s shoes sat on the ground, covered with a light dusting of snow.
  — Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2017
• At 2 p.m., workmen with shovels opened up a small cut in the cofferdam built at the west end of the Montlake Cut.
  — Jennifer Ott, The Seattle Times, 28 June 2017
• People still flocked to the fair grounds, and policemen were busy keeping the idly curious out of the way of the workmen. ...
  — Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
• The wood-and-steel tower, which took workmen six weeks to make, was a stunning piece of craftsmanship.
  — Bloomberg.com, 4 July 2017
• The cave was discovered as workmen repaired house, which had been built in 1840.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 28 July 2017
• Johnson is a run stopper with a good motor, while Gedeon brings a workman-like approach to the game.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• Banksy has created a large mural in the British port of Dover showing a workman chipping away one of the 12 stars on the EU flag.
  — Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2017
• But his workman like style -- hat down, moving from one song to the next -- left little room for wow moments.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
• But the number of workmen trained on bamboo is dwindling.
  — The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
• Some directions were left up to workmen of the day to interpret.
  — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
• That’s right, Worksman has always made bikes for workmen.
  — Lili Göksenin, GQ, 3 Aug. 2017
• And then workman comp's insurance tried to draw from my account.
  — Kyung Lah, CNN, 1 Apr. 2020
• During the renovation, when the workmen were putting the finishing touches on the new home, one man asked to use the restroom.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2023
• The library will be closed that morning, allowing the workmen to begin at 5 a.m. and work until noon.
  — courant.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• That's how the Phaneuf era begins with the Kings: with a warm outlook and a workman-like approach of a Western Canadian.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• That should allow even a workman-like effort from Cincinnati’s own offense to carry the day.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
• The young man, who already looks to be resembling a junior Chip Gaines with his auburn locks and workman jeans, then drove home with his father.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 25 Feb. 2020
• Bites were served at a bar where bread was sliced with a workman’s saw and for dessert, oversize bricks of chocolate were hammered into with a chisel.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018
• In the photo below, Sipma is seen using a spray gun as workmen steady his ladder.
  — latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• But workmen carved the second Brave out of a plaster wall set for demolition.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 28 Jan. 2018
• For Rosa, a walk down a New York City street is a gantlet of catcalling workmen and displays of girlie magazines.
  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
• Managers told the inspector workmen would be coming to address the problem by the following week.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024