How to Use yeoman in a Sentence

yeoman

noun
  • And the corners did much of the yeoman work, all while wearing padded mitts on their hands to boot.
    — Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022
  • Guys with rakes are always working the field, like yeoman farmers.
    — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • And out there are the yeoman, the farmers and artisans.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Always fun when a big movie opens, then the stars are still doing yeomen work at 8H the same week.
    — Staff Author, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Francis Fritz also joined the Navy when the war came and served as a yeoman.
    — Steve Bowersox, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
  • Evidently, the milk lobby has done yeoman's work on the state drink effort.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Wynn could help fill the very large void left by Trent Brown, who did yeoman’s work at left tackle last season.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Matthews made big shots and did yeoman's work defending James Harden.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2019
  • From that moment on, Alphabet was less of a goofball and more of a yeoman, determined to win.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
  • But his family and his colleagues and everyone in the city has decided that the yeomen out there are the enemy.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • England loves soccer and stout yeomen played a rough version of the game on Sundays in the 1300s.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Only a yeoman’s effort by the defense prevented the damage from being much worse.
    — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Over a third of the returning cast members have their own high-profile projects in addition to doing their yeoman comedy here.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Kingsnorth is a writer, not a politician; the viability of his longing for a return to a sort of yeoman-farmer idyll may be beside the point.
    — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 26 July 2017
  • Originally, Robin Hood was a yeoman — a commoner, of no formal rank at all.
    — Lee Child, Time, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Zach Parise is scoreless in 10 games, but his yeoman’s work earned an assist on Erik Haula’s early goal.
    — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2017
  • Presti and the Thunder organization put in yeoman’s work keeping George in the fold.
    — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 12 July 2019
  • But Sesay has done yeoman work in earning the trust of the girls, enabling her to recount their experiences with rare empathy.
    — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
  • The main residence, which originated as a yeoman’s house, dates to 1565.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The yeoman’s work of Daniel Dale, and others like him, remains appreciated.
    — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Doing yeoman’s work’ Quincy grew up in the small town of Kellyton in Coosa County.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The man is a yeoman on the diamond, having spent the past couple of seasons showing up early and sweating out infield drills to refine his skills at shortstop.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • His dad Marty, an entrepreneur, did the yeoman’s work, lifting Ben out of bed and into his chair, then bathing and feeding him each day.
    — Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Mattocks, a 34-year-old yeoman first class from Dover, New Hampshire, will soon retire from the Navy.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The two men on the state flag are a sailor holding a coil of rope and yeoman resting on a pick, according to the Wisconsin Blue Book.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2024
  • In America, among the nouveau riche, fisherman’s sweaters have lost their yeoman roots and have come to symbolize the erasure of work itself.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Their yeoman’s work on defense is a huge reason why the Rockets are in the top 10 in defensive efficiency.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Leading 14-10 at the half, the Tulane defense put in a yeoman's performance in the third quarter.
    — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2017

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