How to Use shoemaker in a Sentence
shoemaker
noun-
The shoemaker’s leather goods are made to withstand the test of time.
— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2022 -
The shoemaker did and, charmed by Tarra, agreed to make the boots.
— Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023 -
When Lionel went back to the shoemaker, the old man shrugged.
— Dave Eggers, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2023 -
The glazier then would use his new income to buy a pair of shoes, and the shoemaker would spend the money, etc.
— Michael Tanner, National Review, 6 Sep. 2017 -
The taking of our lives—lives of a good shoemaker and a poor fish peddler—all!
— Annika Neklason, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 -
The legacy: Homer Plessy was just a shoemaker, that's all.
— Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 29 Mar. 2018 -
So much so that Prince asked the shoemaker to show him the process how a shoe was constructed.
— Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021 -
Started in 1952 by shoemaker Georges Carel in Paris, the brand is the real deal.
— Indya Brown, The Cut, 24 Oct. 2017 -
Of course, the shoemaker that created the world’s first desert boots isn’t short of retro styles for sneakers.
— Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Few were more out-front in support of the Black Lives Matter movement than the shoemaker.
— Philip Elliott, Time, 13 Apr. 2021 -
Western Costume milliner Patrick Rogers made 150 rain hats and a shoemaker cut the leather tabs.
— Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023 -
Take a shoemaker who learns a new skill and can now make two pairs of $100 shoes in an hour instead of only one pair.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2019 -
In 2015, James reached a lifetime deal with shoemaker Nike.
— Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022 -
Bryant’s Nike shoes are some of the most popular in the NBA, but last spring, his contract with the shoemaker expired.
— Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 -
Initially, the ads both sparked calls for a boycott of Nike and boosted the shoemaker’s sales.
— Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018 -
There’s nothing left here from 1834, the year of the city directory that has the shoemaker living on the east side of Fourth Street SE.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023 -
The husband and wife did talk about going the way of other shoemakers, Susan said.
— Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2018 -
Perhaps via the word-to-word translation of a German joke about a shoemaker.
— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 14 May 2023 -
The effect is less old-school-meets-new-school and more old-school-meets-Italian-master-shoemaker.
— Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 15 Feb. 2018 -
Across the hall was the shoemakers’ shop, lined floor to ceiling with cardboard shoeboxes.
— Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 -
The start of summer and perhaps the premiere of Elvis (for which the shoemaker outfitted Austin Butler's Elvis in slick footwear).
— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 June 2022 -
Paul Van Doren, co-founder of the Vans brand, has died at age 90, the shoemaker's parent company said Friday.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 May 2021 -
The items also include a chemise, cream and red stockings, a black shirt and two pairs of leather boots, which were made by shoemaker J. Sparks-Hall of London.
— Francisco Guzman and Brian Ries, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020 -
When the shoemaker, Shimin Yosel, stands at the pulpit to honor the Sabbath with his glorious tone, all the Jews join in with great joy and delight.
— Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021 -
His grandparents had $14 to their name and made a living as shoemakers.
— Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023 -
He was born in 1909, and endured the Spanish Civil War, working as a shoemaker.
— Sana Noor Haq and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022 -
In fact, they're made in small numbers by master shoemakers in Tuscany, hence their steep price tag.
— Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2023 -
And most major shoemakers produce their own versions of a super shoe, or a super spikes for those on the track.
— Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024 -
Today shoemakers have adapted to the new rules with legal designs based on the same principles.
— Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024 -
McKinsey also noted that famed shoemaker Christian Louboutin opened a boutique hotel on the Portuguese coast.
— Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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