tradesman

Example Sentences

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“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Fifteen years later, the tradesman stood outside Crane’s old spray booth, sanding a $25,000 rosewood bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

"He has a mentality from the Middle Ages, the mentality of a tradesman."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

The first—the shark—comes from Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster Jaws, in which a sheriff, a scientist, and a tradesman roll up their sleeves and put themselves in harm’s way to defeat a ferocious great white.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

As a teenager, he watched the tradesman in town whenever he could, studying theircraft.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers