How to Use oilman in a Sentence

oilman

noun
  • One oilman asked how he was supposed to get his pipes out to ranches.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Even his name seemed to fit, like central casting's idea of what an oilman should be named.
    — Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Even his name seemed to fit, like central casting’s idea of what an oilman should be named.
    — Cliff Brunt, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Alan Todd May was now, in the vaguest possible sense, an oilman.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
  • Conversely, Jones’ background as an oilman and a team owner is to be far more hands on.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The house, built in 1951, was made for oilman Grady Vaughn Jr.
    — Dallas News, 8 May 2020
  • Jones, then still an oilman who had yet to buy the Cowboys, realized how sharp Love was.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Less than two years later James, a Wyoming oilman, died when his helicopter crashed.
    — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Decades ago, there was an oilman who had an underwater chainsaw attached to a barge that removed stumps.
    — Josh Baugh, ExpressNews.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Lyndon Johnson was a wheeling, dealing Texas crook and a friend to the oilman.
    — Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Pickens could have retired after such a humiliating defeat, but the wily oilman wasn't ready for the golf course just yet.
    — Cyrus Sanati, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Moore plays Cami Miller, the wife of a powerful oilman who takes control of his empire after his death.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
  • During a trip to New Zealand this week, Tillerson was asked how his past as an oilman might help resolve the crisis.
    — Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2017
  • Neither prosecutors nor the oilman would comment.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Texas oilman who became the first person to climb the highest peak on seven continents would recite it to comfort himself in his tent.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The day Jones said changed his life came in the summer of 1979 when the Arkansas oilman was closing on a loan.
    — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The oilman and investor, known for his folksy character and razor-sharp wit, died Wednesday at the age of 91 at his home in Dallas.
    — Cyrus Sanati, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2019
  • But the oilman, who started his career at Conoco and spent 40 years in the industry, knew that something would give — and that there was potential there.
    — New York Times, 23 June 2021
  • Billionaire oilman and Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell has championed the idea as well.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
    — Wire Services, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2024
  • His alleged victims include an Alabama oilman who is out more than $800,000.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Texas oilman burned his castmates' socks, dumped out their water and lied about losing his dog in Hurricane Katrina.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The 11-story building was constructed by the family of Longview oilman Rogers Lacy.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Based in Tulsa, Flint grew up in Holdenville, Oklahoma, the son of a wildcat oilman and a hard-working mother of two.
    — Brandy McDonnell, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Dallas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt bought the ranch in the late 1960s and continued to run horses and cattle on the spread.
    — Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Records show that the company that purchased those mineral rights is owned by the Alabama oilman who lost the $800,000-plus.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The hotel opened in 1928, a luxury spot for the Bakersfield oilman, and has since traced the city’s uneven trajectory.
    — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 19 July 2019
  • The political action committee is largely funded by West Texas oilman Tim Dunn.
    — Eleanor Dearman updated January 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant, and Kevin Wilson, an oilman and county supervisor, were separated by only a few hundred votes.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'oilman.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: