Example Sentences

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Some—like the Shakespeare-reading New Hampshire farmer John Ordway and the Kentucky woodsmen Joseph and Reuben Field—were poor and bored and ready for adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Moments of recognizable Twin Peaks lore punctuate a tale about the cyclical battle between good and evil, set in a 1950s New Mexico town invaded by mysterious woodsmen.

From The Verge • Jan. 2, 2018

“It was actually kind of a running joke between him and me because on the radio they’re like, ‘Oh they’re not woodsmen, this and that,’” Mr. Sweat said.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016

And there are far more surreal story lines that involve Sally as a vast flying machine and another one of woodsmen wandering inside the body of Jefferson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2016

In a woods full of wolves there were woodsmen, too.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu