How to Use repairman in a Sentence

repairman

noun
  • That floor didn’t stay built — hence last week’s call for a repairman.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
  • There are cracks in the foundation, and the repairmen don’t have a clue.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Neven Stanisic, a repairman, was also among those who lost his life.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The weapon fired and the bullet struck the 55-year-old repairman in the neck.
    — Gary Detman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The robber then handed the repairman a trash bag and told him to put all the money in the bag.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2019
  • But the clock repairman trusted Youngblood more than his youngest boy.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Gargiulo wore the same types of bootees over his shoes for his work as an air conditioner repairman.
    — Alene Tchekmedyianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The track repairman had vomited and was out of it, according to the court records.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Her mother was a homemaker, and her father worked as a shoe repairman.
    — Annabelle Williams, New York Times, 17 July 2021
  • Their electrician comes in twice a week, as does their repairman and their contractor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2019
  • Or having a repairman arrive at your house with fresh parts in hand, and knowing exactly what to fix.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • At another site, the bones of a 34-year-old cellphone repairman were found.
    — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • At first, the blaring radio in a repairman’s white van on her side of the street was only a disruption.
    — Sorayya Khan, Longreads, 11 Sep. 2017
  • But Gilliard, one of eight children born to a washing-machine repairman and a cook, didn’t see it that way.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The repairmen tried to take advantage.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • Geri cameos in Toy Story 2 as the repairman who sews Woody’s arm back on.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Geri cameos in Toy Story 2 as the repairman who sews Woody’s arm back on.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Also, learn how to find a reputable repairman and more about current home improvement scams.
    — Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017
  • If a repairman showed up, so did Mark -- making sure she wasn’t taken advantage of.
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Bruno was a skilled autobody repairman at Gallagher Buick for many years.
    — courant.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • During those years, Gargiulo played high school football, boxed, was a wannabe actor and a repairman.
    — CBS News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • But visiting foreigners cannot see her house, a building that has not seen repairs for decades, and so the painters and the repairmen passed it by.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 14 July 2018
  • One of the men pinned the repairman against his van while the others took money from the ATM, police said.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2024
  • Randall figured out, as Rebecca did with Kate, the need to be there as a railing, not a repairman.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 12 May 2021
  • The sewing-machine repairman at the corner of 107th and Broadway.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 24 Apr. 2017
  • The sewing-machine repairman at the corner of 107th and Broadway.
    — Vanity Fair, 14 May 2017
  • The tank is supposed to be there for backup in case the machine malfunctions, so the patient has a way to breathe while the company sends a repairman.
    — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Moe, Larry, and Curly are inept repairmen hired to fix a doorbell in a home that turns out to be the secret lair of Nazi spies.
    — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
  • Meanwhile, her husband, Vitalii, a repairman for heavy vehicles, has been digging graves in Kyiv to bury the dead.
    — Amandas Ong, ELLE, 3 May 2022
  • What Weston really wanted to do was to work as a radio and TV repairman.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

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