How to Use foreman in a Sentence

foreman

noun
  • The city and the company agreed to hire nine union employees — eight stagehands and one foreman — for the three-day concert.
    Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
  • Adrienne told Dateline that within five months, Joseph received two promotions and ended up being a foreman.
    NBC News, 19 July 2019
  • Dijae Banks leaned back in her chair with a downcast look after the foreman announced the jury had found her guilty of first-degree murder and three counts of home invasion.
    Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • Upon arrival, officers identified the foreman and issued him a citation for the ordinance violation and closed down the job site for the evening.
    Houston Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Sting will play the role of yard foreman Jackie White during the musical's Detroit run April 22-26.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2019
  • By the end of the day the foreman had gotten the message.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2019
  • There was a nice foreman there who came down to the gate.
    Jason Diamond, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2022
  • The next day, Williamson returned to the site with Veach and again told the D5 foreman to join the union.
    Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The foreman, the sole Black man on the panel, wept when the verdict was read.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Chris Dzierman, a bridge painter and foreman, looked to the west.
    John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The 27-year-old foreman held up the last remnants of a bottle of Don Julio.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • The foreman at Lynn’s ranch, Wayne Spears, also was killed.
    Jonathan Mattise, Jeffrey Collins, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Don Walesky was the electrical sub-foreman on the L’Ambiance project.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2021
  • Jones called up Alan Sparks, 64, the Wheat Ranch foreman, and asked for permission to try to catch the black bull.
    Susan Carroll, NBC News, 22 July 2022
  • Santos and his brothers weren’t far from work, and their foreman was on the way to pick them up.
    Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The foreman sent Faehn out to buy Bubble Wrap and boxes.
    Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Gibson is a foreman within the Bridge Unit and has worked for the county for 20 years.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2022
  • The foreman said the vehicles would be moved when workers come down from the roof for lunch.
    cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The foreman was fined $5,000 and placed on five years’ probation.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 16 June 2021
  • By the luck of the draw, I had been seated first on the jury and had thus been appointed foreman.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 4 June 2022
  • Hines-Jones cleaned up alleys, then became a foreman and signed up to learn how to drive a truck.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2021
  • If things got out of hand, a foreman would be called over to mediate.
    Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
  • Loretta Lynn is mourning the death of her ranch foreman, Wayne Spears.
    Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Stewart, 55, works as a road foreman and is a church deacon.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The jury foreman, Bernard Cody, rose to announce the verdict.
    Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • Witnesses and the foreman of the crew said the man appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
    cleveland, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The other eight counts came back mixed once the foreman tallied up the results on a whiteboard.
    Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • If any issues arise, Wirth notes them on his iPad and sends a photo to the proper foreman.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
  • By the time the foreman got to the fourth count, the former president shook his head, while the muffled noise of cheers outside began to make their way into the courtroom.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • Cusick confirmed with the jury foreman that the jury had a verdict on two charges and had not reached a verdict on two others.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2024

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