How to Use yeoman in a Sentence

yeoman

noun

• The hour was yeoman-like, to be sure, but that was the point: the slot was open, and Williams happens to be a night owl.
  — Emily Jane Fox, vanityfair.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• And the corners did much of the yeoman work, all while wearing padded mitts on their hands to boot.
  — Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022
• England loves soccer and stout yeomen played a rough version of the game on Sundays in the 1300s.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• There are so many great coaches who put in yeoman’s work.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Mattocks, a 34-year-old yeoman first class from Dover, N.H., will soon retire from the Navy.
  — Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018
• A warm, intelligent yeoman’s guide to the progress of life.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2010
• Wynn could help fill the very large void left by Trent Brown, who did yeoman’s work at left tackle last season.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Mattocks, a 34-year-old yeoman first class from Dover, New Hampshire, will soon retire from the Navy.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
• Meet colonial yeoman farmers and see them hard at work.
  — charlotteobserver, 24 Apr. 2017
• Guys with rakes are always working the field, like yeoman farmers.
  — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• Leading 14-10 at the half, the Tulane defense put in a yeoman's performance in the third quarter.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Zach Parise is scoreless in 10 games, but his yeoman’s work earned an assist on Erik Haula’s early goal.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2017
• The book’s cover is a shocking French blue, the same blue of the yeoman worker’s smocks that Cunningham would wear to shoot galas where some of the gowns cost more than a compact car.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
• From that moment on, Alphabet was less of a goofball and more of a yeoman, determined to win.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
• Doing yeoman’s work’ Quincy grew up in the small town of Kellyton in Coosa County.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2019
• Matthews made big shots and did yeoman's work defending James Harden.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2019
• Evidently, the milk lobby has done yeoman's work on the state drink effort.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Presti and the Thunder organization put in yeoman’s work keeping George in the fold.
  — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 12 July 2019
• Kingsnorth is a writer, not a politician; the viability of his longing for a return to a sort of yeoman-farmer idyll may be beside the point.
  — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 26 July 2017
• But Sesay has done yeoman work in earning the trust of the girls, enabling her to recount their experiences with rare empathy.
  — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
• Their yeoman’s work on defense is a huge reason why the Rockets are in the top 10 in defensive efficiency.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• The yeoman’s work done by the big uglies up front should improve the odds of various Eagles skill players approaching the top end of their range of possible outcomes.
  — Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• In America, among the nouveau riche, fisherman’s sweaters have lost their yeoman roots and have come to symbolize the erasure of work itself.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019
• Those two tunnels, feeding the massive, arching diffuser, do yeoman’s work of sucking the car to the road, obviating the need for large wings on the car’s topside.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 12 July 2017
• Another player who did yeoman work in 2016 was Zach Ennis, all-league at running back and linebacker.
  — OregonLive.com, 22 May 2017
• Only a yeoman’s effort by the defense prevented the damage from being much worse.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2017
• Originally, Robin Hood was a yeoman — a commoner, of no formal rank at all.
  — Lee Child, Time, 26 Nov. 2019
• Lyles’ glass-cleaning work continues A surprise starter at center to open the season, Trey Lyles has continued to perform yeoman’s work on the glass.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• The yeoman’s work of Daniel Dale, and others like him, remains appreciated.
  — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
• Auburn relied almost exclusively on a less than fully healthy Kamryn Pettway and the bulky running back put forth a yeoman's effort in his return to the field.
  — James Crepea, AL.com, 10 Sep. 2017

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