How to Use sailor in a Sentence

sailor

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  • He worked as a sailor on a cargo ship.
  • Trying to avoid one would put the sailors in reach of the other.
    — Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And by-the-wind sailors live up to their nickname: where the winds go, so do velellas.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
  • The sailor and miner symbolizes the workers in the state.
    — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Per the outlet, the sailors, aged between 28 and 64, are said to be unharmed.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • One of the Wager’s castaways was named John Duck, who was a free black sailor at the time.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Because the cards are for sailors, or people like that.
    — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The surprised sailors found the Mary Celeste abandoned.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Two more sailors come by, and the people decline their help each time.
    — Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
  • As the sailors leap about the stage, one of them gets flirty with Lenny, drawing him into the dance.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The early morning attack claimed the lives of 1,177 sailors and Marines on the Arizona.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In 2019, the Navy named a fuel ship after Milk, who had served as a sailor in San Diego.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Many first time sailors will find how soothing sleeping is on the ship.
    — James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Asked about the issue, a Navy spokesman said there were no current plans to make amends to sailors who were forced out of the course.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • There, he got married and soon resumed his work as a sailor.
    — Erica Westly, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The Bermuda petrel was hunted by Spanish sailors for food and last seen in the 1620s.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • Behind the Name also notes that Saint Elmo is the patron saint of sailors.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Spanish coast guard called in a helicopter and sea cruiser to rescue the sailors.
    — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
  • The dead sailor’s father, Dean R. Hoeye, had three children -- two boys and a girl -- with his first wife.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 24 June 2023
  • The public doesn’t even know if a sailor or Marine has been charged with a crime unless the case goes to trial.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2023
  • A week before the seder, the chaplain got the green light from the ship captain to open it up to non-Jewish sailors who wanted to join.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • No sailors aboard the ship were harmed according to a U.S. official.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Urgent broadcasts have been sent out about the sailors and their boat, with request for all mariners in the area to keep lookout.
    — Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In one shot, a sailor opens his pants to reveal a firework, then leans backward as sparks fly into the air.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • The other sailors tackled him and held him until the police arrived.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The change was largely made at the request of sailors, who saw the rule as pointless and irritating.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And here’s Lenny, in a fantasy sequence, as one of the sailors, dancing out his destiny.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, the strapping sailor is hard at work, rolling up his sleeves and tending ship alongside his crew.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • Even if the pay is attractive, sailors without a ship to sail or even a place to train properly will get bored and move on.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Other birds can mimic a phone ringing or a dog barking, and some curse like sailors.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023

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