gondolier

Example Sentences

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Here, a gondolier takes you on a loop around an enchanting residential Naples Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

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

“When everything reopens, tourists will invade us again,” said Giuseppe Tagliapietra, a gondolier for 43 years.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

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