seamen

Example Sentences

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But like many seamen, he says he needed the work.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The captains of such ships were the rock stars of their day, consummate seamen who risked their lives on the open oceans for wealth and fame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The researchers have estimated that the proportion of lung cancers related to onboard asbestos exposure were of the order of 27 per cent in Australian seamen and 12 per cent in British seamen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

It said Kim later watched the ship’s seamen conduct a drill of launching “strategic” cruise missiles, a word implying the weapons were developed to carry nuclear warheads.

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2023

It was said the able seamen insisted on keeping the ward shipshape themselves and had taken over the sweeping and the heavy bumper.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan