How to Use longshoreman in a Sentence

longshoreman

noun
  • Jess' hands are rough and callused — more like a longshoreman's than that of a high school junior.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2022
  • The eye-opener appears to be designed with a longshoreman or heavy drinker in mind.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
  • Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the West Coast.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • As global trade has soared, the few longshoremen who remain have seen their paychecks grow.
    — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Things like fish, produce, chocolate, wine, and olive oil all arrive via the ports where longshoremen have walked off the job.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His father was a longshoreman who liked to play Hawaiian steel guitar.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The last of seven siblings, her father was a longshoreman and her mother was a seamstress.
    — Alex Hawgood, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Inscho, 36, is a longshoreman and the mother of two, ages 9 and 6.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2021
  • Meanwhile, the longshoremen back to work, while the two unions would return to the bargaining table.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • My one white student was a man in his early 60s, William*, a former longshoreman.
    — Robyn McGee, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2020
  • The daughter of a longshoreman and a stay-at-home mother, Hardesty grew up with nine siblings in the city where her mom was raised.
    — oregonlive, 21 June 2020
  • Every year, thousands of incidents happen at sea and in port – dozens of which kill or maim sailors, longshoreman and bystanders.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Corporations were making record profits, but the longshoremen weren’t getting any changes in salary and hadn’t in years.
    — Joe Hudicka, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Others were guided by leftist theater troupes and union longshoremen from the Port of Barcelona.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The longshoreman said the loading process went smoothly and nothing seemed out of the ordinary during the loading process.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Both his grandfather and father worked as longshoremen at Port of Erie in New York.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2024
  • His longshoreman father, John Collins, was unable to care for his three children and sent them to live in orphanages.
    — Libby Copeland, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2017
  • Her father, a longshoreman, played the conga and had sung with the Cuban bandleader Machito.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • Gerard Jordan, a longshoreman and teammate in that league, recalled a hit that split open Mike’s forehead.
    — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Tommy Lasorda, who was then the third-base coach, ran past me, yelling everything a longshoreman would utter on a bad day at these two guys.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • By the onset of the Great Depression, his father had failed as a trolley-driver and longshoreman.
    — Gregory Crouch, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Zippo) in a cavernous space that served mill workers and longshoremen by the hundreds in the early 20th century.
    — Robert Earle Howells, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2018
  • The mere threat of a strike won longshoremen, UPS drivers, and other blue-collar workers big pay raises.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Other lawsuits have been filed by the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore and scores of longshoremen who lost work when the harbor shut down.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • And in the tech sector, AI chip players such as Nvidia were down amid questions about the longshoremen strike’s impact on the supply chain.
    — Bybrooke Seipel, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Her brother, Frank Saldana, is the Carson High football coach and a longshoreman.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The restaurant started in 1904 by serving lunches to the longshoremen who worked the Brooklyn docks.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Within days, Cocker, 28, left behind his job as a longshoreman and his wife and three children to fly with his unit to Washington.
    — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Consumers, including the longshoremen and their families, would enjoy lower costs and better service.
    — Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • According to Defonte, the deli originated as a third place for longshoremen who would sit, eat, and bond there while waiting for their boats in Red Hook.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2025

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