gondolier

Example Sentences

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“I told the gondolier to stop singing,” Rustioni said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

“To be a gondolier was always my dream,” Mr. Beniamin, 22, said one bright winter day in a Venice rendered vacant by a wave of Covid-19 sweeping across Europe.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2022

A singing cabby poses as a gondolier for a cheese company, then goes to Venice and becomes one.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019

For competitions he wears a blue, striped T-shirt in the mode of the classic gondolier look, and white work pants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2018

Feeling like a gondolier, Zeitoun paddled steadily and said nothing.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers