mariner

Example Sentences

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We meet the mariner as he stops a wedding guest on his way to the church, and “holds him with his glittering eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its eggs as a delicacy and decorative shells, the ancient mariner saw its numbers plummet and has been listed as endangered since the 1980s.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Sawai plays Toda Mariko, a noblewoman who is a translator between Toranaga and an English mariner in "Shōgun."

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

After serving as a mariner in World War II with the Merchant Marine, he sold soda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

“It’s your fault that this door is broken,” Dorian hissed at the deranged mariner.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole