tradesman

Suzanne, a nurse, felt guilty about medical costs and needing so much care and taking Rick, a self-employed tradesman, away from his job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Fifteen years later, the tradesman stood outside Crane’s old spray booth, sanding a $25,000 rosewood bench.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

The first—the shark—comes from Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster Jaws, in which a sheriff, a scientist, and a tradesman roll up their sleeves and put themselves in harm’s way to defeat a ferocious great white.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024

Chris Jardine sleeps in a bedroom which looks more like a building site after the tradesman he hired took his money and never finished the work.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024

To encounter ‘simple’ people—a tradesman, a housewife, a farmer—describing their spiritual lives in detail amazed me.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

On a recent evening in a local pub, two builders asked other patrons for recommendations for tradesmen and were told they had to wait several weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

“This was an industry of gatekeepers,” he said, adding that master tradesmen ultimately viewed their apprentices — working in the same 10- to 15-mile radius as them — as competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

Here’s how the day usually goes: At 3 p.m. sharp, about 3,500 members of Zurich’s ancient guilds — associations of artisans or tradesmen that date to the Middle Ages — embark on a parade.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Though Martinet has become synonymous with Mario, it was Hollywood A-lister Pratt who voiced the famous tradesmen in 2023's hugely successful movie, with Martinet providing voices for Giuseppe and Mario's dad instead.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

This was the territory of merchants, of tradesmen, of butchers and tanners and brewsters.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz