shoemaker

Example Sentences

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The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Hollywood was once the ideal place for a shoemaker, says Francis, with its voracious creative industry that churned out a constant stream of people who needed to make themselves stand out from the crowd.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

UK call-centre firm Ventrica, which works with brands such as shoemaker Clarks, fashion chain New Look and McDonald's, opened an operation in South Africa in 2022.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Francis, who has a certain aging-rocker swagger himself, never expected to become a shoemaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

In this version, though, each elf had a personality, and I came to know them better than the shoemaker.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine