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

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

“Months. She keeps raving about water spirits and a dead boatman and a baboon she thinks was human.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer