shoemaker
Example Sentences
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The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
"There's a bit of everybody here," says shoemaker Chris Francis, the custodian of the famous feet molds.
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
UK call-centre firm Ventrica, which works with brands such as shoemaker Clarks, fashion chain New Look and McDonald's, opened an operation in South Africa in 2022.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Di Fabrizio was at Kazanchyan’s wedding and when the older shoemaker was in a nursing home at the end of his life, Kazanchyan visited him every day.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
“Wait. It’s slippery. Our shoes will slide,” shouted the shoemaker.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
