How to Use crewman in a Sentence

crewman

noun
  • Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
  • But, at one point, a crewman on a what looked like a cargo ship raised his hand.
    — Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe, if the crewman saw them or the children, the barge could still swerve or stop in time.
    — Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
  • Gordon had crashed out of the race, so his crewmen were available.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • In all, that one crewman is painting for nearly six hours straight.
    — Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Neal ordered the crewmen to grab their parachutes and jump.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
  • That's when a crewman disembarked onto a small boat to the dock to do it.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Six crewmen were killed in the sinking, the rest rescued by nearby ships.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Twenty-six crewmen and agents spilled out, setting off a huge manhunt in the area.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2018
  • For years crewmen have talked among themselves about efforts to locate their sunken ship.
    — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Reid along with crewman Aaron Fordy, went out in search of the missing pup.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • And one veteran crewman says the change could lead to more injuries among the men who go over the wall.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
  • McMeans, 26, was one of 103 crewmen who died.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • His family team consists of himself and one crewman on the road.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
  • Two more rounds from Lattimer’s gun brought two more hits that left the tank disabled with three dead crewmen.
    — oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019
  • The ship's doom was hastened when crewman opened a gangway door to try to load lifeboats from a lower level.
    — Jackie Loohauis-Bennett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The pirates called off their attack but opened fire on the ship, wounding one crewman who cut his hands on broken glass.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2018
  • By 18, Mark was a crewman — and made crab boat captain by the age of 21.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Packard spoke with crewman Josiah Mayo, who relayed some of the details to her.
    — Doug Fraser, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • Kennington had five or six crew members, about half of the uniformed crewmen in Bowyer’s stall.
    — OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 July 2018
  • Video showed a soaked Molly among a pile of rocks as a crewman picked her up and carried her to the helicopter.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Rescuers drilled into the hull’s steel plates and rescued four crewmen who were trapped in the ship in scorching heat and darkness.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The accounts claim that heavy-anti-armor-weapons crewman was one of Kent’s jobs in the Army.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
  • The crewman who sent the chain into motion with a single hammer blow was not identified.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In a lot of places, depending on the airport, some of the grounds crewmen will bring it to you, but some of them will push it down the oversized ramp.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 28 May 2018
  • In 2009, off the coast of Turkey, an electrical fire killed one crewman.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2022
  • In 2009, off the coast of Turkey, an electrical fire broke out aboard the ship, killing one crewman.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Hoh Shi Cheng was hit once in the neck near the entrance to the boat’s engine room while the other crewmen took cover, the court said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Coast Guard and Navy planes and helicopters searched into the night for four missing crewmen, but found only oil slicks.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Hebard crewmen tossed lines and pulled all to safety except Ironton mate Ed Boswick, who couldn’t muster the strength to hold on.
    — John Flesher, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023

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