boatman

Example Sentences

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“The tempo marking on this is ‘a la barcarolle,’ which is a Venetian boatman’s song.

From Washington Post

In 1992, authorities said they received about 30 reports of attacks on the birds, including a crucifixion in Newport Beach, where a boatman spotted a pelican hanging from a light pole.

From Los Angeles Times

A boatman in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state is being praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river.

From BBC

"I pushed through the undergrowth using my oar," says Lalo Escamilla, the boatman and local ornithologist who waded into the shallow waters to help the twins.

From BBC

In many places, police have been pulling corpses out of the river with sticks and recruiting boatmen to bring them ashore.

From BBC