How to Use lumberman in a Sentence

lumberman

noun
  • One such place in Butte County got its name when a lumberman called William Leonard rested under a cool tree on a warm day years ago.
    Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • High mountain tracts under an abundance of timber should be made available to lumbermen.
    Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
  • Moody, a crew of lumbermen and a local Ojibwe carpenter built the lodge from logs harvested from the surrounding forest.
    Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • The current owner's mother grew up here, and until her death a decade ago, never fell out of love with the stately mansion that was built for her family by her grandfather, a prominent lumberman.
    Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Father and daughter are allotted residence in a commune operated by a lumberman who takes Will on his staff to cut Christmas trees.
    Colin Covert, kansascity, 12 July 2018
  • In the spring when the coronavirus first hit, state officials searched far and wide for personal protective equipment, relying on everything from Chinese bankers to a Cromwell lumberman to procure hard-to-find masks and gowns.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Woodward remembers walking through stands of fragrant pines with his grandfather, a lumberman in South Carolina.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
  • Will’s mental condition is studied, and father and daughter are allotted residence in a commune operated by a lumberman who takes Will on his staff to cut Christmas trees.
    Colin Covert, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018

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