gondolier

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

For Sara Mion, 51, Mr. Beniamin’s mother, Edoardo is now her son the apprentice gondolier, a guy with a future wife and plans to start a family after marriage.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2022

The tradition began, according to parade organizers, in 1907 when an Italian gondolier named John Scarpa took a group of visitors from Pasadena across the bay in a gondola decorated with Japanese lanterns.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 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

Then he tore away from Prosper and jumped down the steps to watch a gondolier push his boat off its mooring.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke