laborer

Example Sentences

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Pity that “Train Dreams” will likely go as unheralded as Edgerton’s humble laborer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

A mechanics lien, also referred to as a contractor’s lien, is usually filed by an unpaid contractor, laborer or supplier, as a hold against the property.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Tincher was now a manual laborer on one leg, but he was denied disability benefits by the Social Security Administration the following year.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

In actuality it had probably been a manual laborer, a field hand, with aspirations for something better.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick