boatman

Example Sentences

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"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023

As the skilled boatman guides the outrigger across the reef and into the shallows, Agutaya looks like a piece of paradise.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

Whenever he dropped a toy in the Nile, he said, a passing boatman would rescue it.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

Ford then noticed a small tender with a furiously waving boatman, who shouted that the plane had landed in a minefield.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

Granny’s cousin Selah Toy had been a boatman on the Savannah River and named his daughter Vanna, after the river.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns