How To Use boatman In A Sentence
- With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach. A SON OF THE SUN
- When Mr. Presby, from the roof of the conservatory, had noted the direction he took, he had closed the window, and called the boatman to assist him. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.
- The sum which he demanded appeared exorbitant to the hadji, who, forgetting that he was a saint, and fresh from Mecca, fumed outrageously, and in broken Spanish called the boatman thief. The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
- A lifeboatman yesterday branded the would-be seadog, who earlier this month ran the vessel aground, a 'nightmare'. The Sun
- The boatman beaches us on a spit of land leading up to a stone house surrounded by willows.
- The isolated life, if at times adventurous, was always harsh and ultimately meagre of reward; it was essential to work as lumberman, teamster or boatman to help pay one's way. Insightful Economist At Work - The Austrian Economists
- Ain 'no trouble hyeh," the boatman said, shrugging his shoulders, The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
- The boatman gave him a critical look, wondering no doubt why we employed such a dirty fellow. LORD OF THE SILENT
- Everybody in the parish who was not a boatman was a quarrier, unless he were the gentleman who owned half the property and had been a quarryman, or the other gentleman who owned the other half, and had been to sea. The Hand of Ethelberta
- Lt Welch has a team of 31, including 27 divers, an administrative assistant, a boatman and two artificers to maintain their equipment.
