How to Use tradesman in a Sentence
tradesman
noun
- He joined the tradesmen's union.
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Weitz walked around, shaking hands with the tradesmen of Rodeo Drive.
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Jane Mayer,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2013
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With the Titan that's best suited for tradesmen now gone, the half-ton truck's base price rises by over $5000.
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Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
4 Aug. 2023
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Hansen spent the last 10 years researching and building his skills as a skilled tradesman.
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Evan Frank,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2020
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Emmanuel Nelson, a 46-year-old tradesman, sat on the stoop of a house blown off its foundation.
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Author: Anthony Faiola,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 Sep. 2019
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The designer gets a lot of the credit—rightfully so—but the tradesmen are helping bring things to life.
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House Beautiful,
30 Dec. 2019
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The tradesmen and merchants in town heard the monastery bells ring out eight times a day and began to synchronize their daily tasks to their rhythm.
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Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harper's Magazine,
8 Dec. 2021
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And local tradesmen have contributed their time and expertise to bring the new 3,800-square-foot space up to code.
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Janice Steinhagen,
courant.com,
24 June 2019
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But the majority of the people in the room were tradesmen taking their lunch break – and that alone has a lot to say about the value a place offers.
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Lawrence Specker | [email protected],
al,
7 Aug. 2023
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His father, George, was a tradesman, and his mother, the former Mary Harsha, was a schoolteacher.
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Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2017
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Many of the façades are restored originals, depicting stories of the tradesmen who lived and worked here.
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Malavika Bhattacharya,
National Geographic,
5 Oct. 2019
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Like the others, Baker portrayed a tradesman from a bygone era.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2023
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My dad, my uncles, all tradesmen, ladder racks on their trucks, chain-smokers, nights at the Legion.
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Thomas McGuane,
The New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2019
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The tradesmen shops of the old old town have been repurposed as souvenir depots and jewelry stores.
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Erik R. Trinidad,
National Geographic,
8 Apr. 2019
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Among the eight men — all escaped slaves — was William B. Gould, a skilled tradesman who had worked as a plasterer around Wilmington.
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New York Times,
17 June 2022
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Maibach in his statement said more than 1,200 tradesmen and women work at the arena construction site.
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Detroit Free Press,
28 June 2017
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From tradesman tool to off-road warrior to bling machine, there's a truck for pretty much everyone.
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Kirk Seaman,
Car and Driver,
24 Jan. 2019
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In a nation that idolizes its tradesmen, nothing is more sacrosanct than a tradie’s pickup truck.
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Michael E. Miller,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2024
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Police acted on a tip-off from a local tradesman who had spotted the equipment when looking into the flat.
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Jennifer James,
Houston Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2018
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Trump grudgingly also allowed a few of the tradesmen working on the building to attend.
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Curbed,
2 Oct. 2023
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There were tradesmen, bankers, merchants, families of old money, politicians and more — just like any small town.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Oct. 2019
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According to the HBA, more than 2 million tradesmen are needed to fill the job openings this year alone, and that number is expected to grow.
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Jill Sell,
cleveland.com,
25 June 2017
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His father was a glazier — a tradesman who works with glass — and his mother was a cleaner, according to the London Daily Telegraph.
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Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2021
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With skilled tradesmen in high demand, some recent Jeffboat workers have already found new jobs.
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Pat McDonogh,
The Courier-Journal,
20 Apr. 2018
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Trained volunteers will work with skilled tradesmen to restore homesteads as work has advanced beyond the cleanup phase, said Davidson.
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Karen Zurawski,
Houston Chronicle,
19 June 2018
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As farmers and tradesmen, Vikings had access to root vegetables, including parsnips and carrots; fruit; sausage; cheese; and salmon — but not potatoes, which weren't around at the time, Gooch said.
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Domenica Bongiovanni,
Indianapolis Star,
21 Apr. 2018
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Born in the Paris suburbs, Kiss began working as a tradesman at 15, after being kicked out of boarding school in the nearby Essonne region.
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Alice Cavanagh,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2022
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In that time, tradesmen who left positions went to other professions.
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Brian Sodoma,
azcentral,
26 Apr. 2018
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The patient who has dinner with her doctor at a country club is more likely to be able to jump the queue than a carpenter, bricklayer or other tradesman.
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John C. Goodman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2021
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Much like how plumbers, electricians, and other tradesmen install and service other equipment in a home.
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Tom Warren,
The Verge,
2 Aug. 2018
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