How to Use woodsman in a Sentence

woodsman

noun
  • Those remains bore the marks of a skilled woodsman and ritual sadist.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • Ambrose has striking blue eyes and wears a woodsman’s beard with a chinstrap of white whiskers.
    — Thayer Walker, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2016
  • Hunters and woodsman regularly entered these forests around the city for trade.
    — Zack Davisson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The woodsman set out on the third day, determined to work even harder, but only fell 15 trees.
    — James Barlow, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Lincoln might be derided as a poor woodsman, but he was also valorized for his log cabin roots.
    — Thomas J. Sugrue, New York Times, 24 June 2016
  • And as a flannel-wearing, stubble-sporting, card-carrying woodsman, he's got to eat the part.
    — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Reading Deer Sign The best bowhunters are knowledgeable woodsmen.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The Indiana state seal shows a woodsman with an axe near two sycamore trees, with a buffalo in the foreground jumping over a log.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
  • Cage plays the title character, a working-class guy with a dark past who supervises a crew of roughneck woodsmen.
    — Jason Bailey, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Lester’s a tall, slim woodsman — a regular storybook guide – who has been in that territory for 35 years.
    — Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Thankfully, the woodsman (Ansu Kabia) has a crisis of conscience and tells Snow to book it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • That honeylocust was spared the woodsman’s axe, but preserving a mature tree is not always possible.
    — Lisa Greim, The Denver Post, 16 June 2017
  • Derek Coleman is a strapping, bright guy of 27 with a woodsman’s beard who recently returned from going to see the elephant.
    — Fred Dickey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2017
  • The stereotypical Northern woodsman captures one side of that national idea.
    — Time, 30 June 2017
  • There are also stories of a family growing together during weeks-long summer stays, the four boys becoming hunters and woodsmen themselves.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2020
  • Plunkett is not the first critic to trouble the popular conception of Frost as a wise woodsman dispensing comfort and inspiration.
    — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • French Canadian woodsmen in the 1600s believed that the trees quaked in fear because the cross on which Jesus was crucified was made of aspen.
    — Michael C Grant, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Local woodsmen supply balsam branches, which are then ground, dried, and pressed into a mold—eschewing chemicals entirely in this natural and sustainable process.
    — Jeanne Malle, airmail.news, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The new colors—olive, woodsman, clementine, aubergine, cerulean, pomegranate, and melon ball—were developed with Pantone color specialists and highlight a mix of earthy tones and fruity neons.
    — Kate Dwyer, SELF, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Kephart greatly exaggerated and simplified his metamorphosis into a woodsman.
    — Bill Heavey, WSJ, 20 June 2021
  • The strongest lingering image of Vernon in the broader culture is still the bearded woodsman who retreated to the wilderness with a broken heart and returned with a gnomic, insular album that would against all odds come to define its era, or at least one tendency within it.
    — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That department is severing ties with those 14 club teams, which UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said also include men’s crew, cycling, equestrian, gymnastics, kickline, polo, running, sailing, ski, tap and woodsmen.
    — Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026

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