How to Use boilermaker in a Sentence

boilermaker

noun
  • Jamie was fitfully employed as a boilermaker and a builder and a cook.
    — Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Believe it or not, the boilermaker – a beer and a shot -- ranks in the Midwest.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • As the name would indicate, people will be able to pair their brew with a shot of bourbon to make a boilermaker.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2021
  • His father worked for the railroad as a boiler washer and boilermaker helper.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • And his job as a mechanical boilermaker will often take him all across the state and the country.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The Oakland boilermaker had been taking a breather after an afternoon of errands when the quake hit.
    — Michael Robertson and Susan Sward, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • June Austin had become a boilermaker, a job that involved shoving himself into small spaces and shooting fire at sheets of steel.
    — Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The Boilermakers shouldn't be this bad and the school is in the process of pumping millions of dollars into facilities.
    — Ralph D. Russo, courant.com, 31 May 2017
  • Joining the current lineup are a Thai street food vendor, a wine and charcuterie shop, and a place to kickback with a boilermaker.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Welders, automotive mechanics, boilermakers, and drafters all rank among the least promising career starters.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • That allows for more than 400 boilermaker combinations—best of luck to you on Tuesday.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
  • Salvador Rosa, 45, worked as a contract boilermaker until he was laid off March 27.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2020
  • Hughes, who worked as a boilermaker for most of his life, died at age 72 after suffering a heart attack, said Carl Hughes.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Mark Cavanagh said his grandfather hoped to score a lucrative job at Ford Motor making $5 a day as a boilermaker.
    — Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2017
  • There will also be beer-and-shot boilermakers and margaritas, all at approachable neighborhood pricing, White said.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
  • His father, MacKenzie, was a mason, welder and boilermaker, and his mother, Eunice, was a homemaker.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Bushmills is best known for The Original, a blend of malt and grain Irish whiskey that rivals Jameson in its boilermaker potential.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • After 25 years as a boilermaker, shipfitter and welder, photographer Joseph Blum knows his way around construction sites.
    — Rebecca Horne, WIRED, 24 July 2013
  • And there, at the fantastic dive bar Nickel City, the crisp pilsner with a hipster-friendly Campari-Fernet boilermaker.
    — Mrussell, oregonlive, 7 June 2023
  • Designed using raw materials and metals, the classic, no-fuss eatery features a menu of cocktails and casual fare, including boilermakers, boozy milkshakes and burgers.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • California Gold will also offer a selection of boilermakers — shot-and-a-beer combinations — which was likewise a feature of Shumway’s menu at Bear Vs.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Bradford has received large contributions from building, boilermaker and steamfitter unions, and Kim has been the beneficiary of major spending from unions that represent domestic, long-term care workers and teachers.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Bradford has received large contributions from building, boilermaker and steamfitter unions, and Kim has been the beneficiary of major spending from unions that represent domestic, long-term care workers and teachers.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024
  • Epsilon expects to hire positions such as boilermakers, pipefitters, pipe welders, structural welders, electricians, mechanical and electrical engineers and general laborers.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As her family eventually moved to Seattle during her middle school years, her father later found work as a boilermaker in a shipyard, per a previous feature with the University of Montana's magazine.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Harvard Business Review - Baggage handlers, pest-control specialists, and welders are more likely to suffer workplace injuries than those working traditionally dangerous jobs like boilermakers or wellhead pumpers.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Dougherty is also president of Local 98, and as president of that local, is a member of the Mechanical Trades, which includes unions representing electricians, boilermakers, sprinkler fitters, and plumbers.
    — Jane M. Von Bergen, Philly.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Western Pennsylvania manufacturers, boilermakers, power plant workers … and miners.
    — Smithsonian, 8 June 2017

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