Example Sentences

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Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

"At one end of the scale we have 80-year-olds who are competent boatmen, know the techniques and how to deal with the river because they have done it for years," Mr Truman says.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

What takes me by surprise is the warmth of the boatmen, Italian American, old, kind, used to Hindu families carrying out the ritual of scattering ashes on water.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2022

The men who commanded them were the bravest and most reckless boatmen in the Navy.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac