How to Use handyman in a Sentence
handyman
noun-
Check out the best tool gifts now for the handyman in your life.
— Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022 -
The handyman swore at the lawyer, jumped back in his truck and drove away.
— New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021 -
The clip shows the handyman grabbing the flowers and tossing them on the ground.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024 -
He's got his truck and he's got all these handyman jobs.
— Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 26 June 2020 -
Hanel lived for free at the home in exchange for handyman work, Burge said.
— Caleb Jones, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2020 -
Your handyman will find a number of ways to put these light-up gloves to use.
— Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2022 -
Burda was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, OR.
— Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 July 2024 -
Video from his cell showed the 49-year-old handyman struggling with deputies.
— Daphne Duret, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024 -
And Cullum, the focus of the first act, takes on a cameo role as a local handyman.
— Tom Titus, latimes.com, 14 June 2018 -
April Kauffman, 47, was shot twice, and her body was found by a handyman.
— CBS News, 10 Jan. 2018 -
Kenny Farr was a handyman who worked for many years for both Lewis and Baskin.
— CBS News, 8 Sep. 2020 -
Michael Carr, a 65-year-old handyman, wandered in and sat on a stool near the service desk.
— Amy Sohn, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018 -
Saeng Syvanthong, 69, once a handyman and groundskeeper, used to get calls from the phone tree.
— Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021 -
Cantrell, who owns a Mesa handyman service, was in luck.
— Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 8 Apr. 2018 -
Bashara's wife, Jane, was strangled by a handyman in their Grosse Pointe Park garage in 2012.
— Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018 -
Ryan was quite the handyman and had many great ideas for inventions.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Feb. 2018 -
Ask the super to replace the valve, something that Mr. Kraus said a handyman could do.
— Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2018 -
The new warrant speaks of a lying lover and handyman with something to hide.
— Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019 -
Paul Michels, 54, was a handyman who loved ones said could build or fix anything.
— Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 27 July 2021 -
Bell has been living off savings and stray handyman work around the Bay Area.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021 -
Craigslist isn't just for finding a local handyman in a pinch.
— Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Her husband pinch-hits as the store’s handyman, and her 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son are helpers.
— Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2022 -
The Goffin’s cockatoo is the handyman of the avian kingdom.
— Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Feb. 2023 -
There will be a 1900s room, a drunken handyman bar, a botanist room that can be used for private events.
— Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 -
For most of the 1920s, Eddie Bennett was the Yankees’ handyman, mascot and good luck charm.
— New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021 -
Majors returned to the apartment and saw the top door locked, called a handyman to unlock it, found Jabbari on the floor and called 911.
— Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023 -
When my credit card fell through the cracks of the 250-plus-year-old floorboards (a handyman came to recover it for me).
— Lydia Mansel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Bonola had worked as a handyman at Gaal’s home for about two years, police said.
— Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 -
Dmytro worked in construction and sowed a reputation as an expert handyman.
— Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024 -
In this coming-of-age comedy, a fourteen-year-old wannabe playwright becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.
— Zoe Guy, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
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