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

Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

“The Tiber, as I can say from my 40 years’ experience on the river, has never had a situation like this,” Giulio Bendandi, a boatman, told AP on Monday.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2022

The boatman plied his homemade nets not far from shore and brought in fat bream and tiger fish.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer