woodsman

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Recent Examples of woodsman Local woodsmen supply balsam branches, which are then ground, dried, and pressed into a mold—eschewing chemicals entirely in this natural and sustainable process. Jeanne Malle, airmail.news, 4 Dec. 2021 Hoping to stir up some demand, Jesper spreads the word that Mr. Klaus (J.K. Simmons), the large bearded woodsman living on the edge of town, will send a wooden toy to any child who writes him a letter. EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024 They are joined by a talking bluebird with a secret (Melanie Lynskey) and continuously cross paths with a woodsman (Christopher Lloyd) who warns them of an evil sentient darkness called the Beast. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024 No: the woodsman, Takumi (Hitoshi Omika, a first-time actor who has previously been an assistant director to Hamaguchi), is helping gather water for making the noodles served in a restaurant that the other man and the other man’s wife run. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for woodsman
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Noun
  • How did Ashley describe this mountain man character?
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Though Park makes of Finn a charming, ex-hippie mountain man, indulgent of Jesse’s quest because he’s found solace in the redwoods from a tragedy of his own, Becca, having perhaps too conveniently also faced tragedy, counters with a passion for protocol.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Wang and his three crewmates—filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, roboticist Rabea Rogge and polar explorer Eric Philips—all rode in Resilience, the Crew Dragon vehicle that has flown three other crews (two of them private) to space.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The mission is named after the Fram, a steam-and-sail powered ship used by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen during his historic 1910-1912 expedition to the South Pole.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And none more, maybe, than for Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger whose body-armored exploits have made him a muse since the dawn of cinema.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020

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“Woodsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodsman. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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