Example Sentences

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Rhiannon says that her managing agents would arrange for handymen to come around to do repairs without consulting her first.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

I had just bought a home, and I was hearing a lot of funny stories about handymen and contractors shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to their work.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023

Lentz identified the other victims shot near the McCain siblings as Charles Manuel, 76, and John Rorie, 59, who were both handymen.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023

They include maids, gardeners, handymen, pool techs, interior designers, limestone specialists and aquarium cleaners.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Colored men found jobs as carpenters, brickmasons, janitors, shoeshiners, handymen, and yard workers.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson