boatman

Example Sentences

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Despite his pleas, the boatman refused to allow Fayaz to bring the baby's body with them.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

"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

“The Kingdoms of Savannah” is an ensemble piece with no real center of gravity, and way too many kooky humans to enumerate here: a slumlord, a lazy boatman, a whistling vagrant.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 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

“What’s going on?” he said to the boatman when he returned the hired boat.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman