How to Use electrician in a Sentence

electrician

noun
  • Keanu Reeves is cast as an electrician here.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
  • His dad is an electrician and his mom was a postal worker for the town.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Leo runs a bar, Clive’s an electrician, with two teenage sons.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
  • That’s what led him to be an electrician and a mechanic by trade.
    — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 2 May 2020
  • Or a union electrician who got your lights back on after an outage.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Your father was an electrician, and you were destined to be one, too.
    — Ethan Bauer, miamiherald, 24 June 2017
  • Get some timers for your lamps, or have an electrician install some timers for your lights to go on at dusk.
    — Melissa Rolland, courant.com, 9 July 2018
  • Her husband, who died a dozen years ago, was an electrician in a cement plant.
    — New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • How fast should an electrician respond to a burning smell?
    — Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Jamal, who worked as an electrician, wasn’t able to get some clearances to work.
    — Ericka Blount Danois, The Root, 20 Feb. 2018
  • That’s the amount you are supposed to be paid,’’’ one Kenyan electrician said.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Then call an electrician if needed.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • If the home is 30+ years old, get an electrician to come in and inspect things for you.
    — Southern Living, 2 May 2018
  • The same goes for sons of electricians who want to join the family business.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Her husband was laid off from his job as an electrician, and so was her son, who worked for Hertz.
    — Author: Ian Duncan, Lori Aratani, Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Liway’s son Ariel works as an electrician.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Have an electrician check the house before turning the power back on.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • If your lights are flickering, call an electrician.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Once the tree has opened its branches, electricians string thousands of lights onto the pine.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Beath attempted to get the adept electrician to comment on the crash.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The family snagged an old scoreboard from a city rink, and asked a friend who is an electrician to fix it.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • There are already shortages in electricians and plumbers.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There are already shortages in electricians and plumbers.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Unplug anything that could be damaged and call an electrician for help.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Sometimes the concierge has to call in a plumber or an electrician to make the fix, but the user doesn’t have to know that.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Each of the trucks is hand built by welders, electricians, engineers and skilled crafts people.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Maxey is enrolling in a trade school to become an electrician.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Leo runs a bar on Canal Street, Clive’s an electrician, with two teenage sons.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Fain was hired at what was then a Chrysler plant as an electrician in 1994.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Or an electrician to wire up a few new outlets and a security light.
    — Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025

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