How to Use waterman in a Sentence

waterman

noun

• Bertish is a waterman at heart, content to chase surf up and down the coast.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
• Traeger was a waterman, someone who lived a life centered around the ocean.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
• But the number of licensed watermen has dropped over time.
  — Jason Nark Kent Nishimura, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• To Del Martians, the lifesaving streak can be attributed in large part to the brave watermen at the top.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 July 2017
• Springtime has always been rife with hazard for the watermen of the Chesapeake.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• He was followed by Perrins and the crews of the queen’s boats and the boats of the Vintners and Dyers, skilled watermen from the lower reaches of the Thames clad in white cotton caps and colored shirts.
  — Helen MacDonald, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
• In a typical year, Maryland watermen sell more than 30 million pounds of crabs, about $55 million worth at docks around the Chesapeake Bay.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 6 July 2018
• Like watermen, the Eastern Shore’s farmers were once a potent economic force in the region.
  — J.f. Meils | Ap, Washington Post, 2 June 2017
• Some past fish kills have been epic in proportions: In 1997, an outbreak of Pfisteria caused lesions in fish as well as health problems in watermen.
  — Christina Tkacik, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
• Business has dropped because the watermen stopped coming in for sandwiches, slices of hummingbird cake, the odd wrench or crabbing boots.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 May 2018
• Wesley Bradshaw, a 78-year-old island native and retired waterman, said he’s noticed the change.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Like many of the island’s residents, Eskridge is also a waterman, making a living through the Chesapeake Bay’s crabs, fish and oysters.
  — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2021
• For years, Powley and other watermen have fished for crab bait to deliver to processors like Russell Hall Seafood.
  — NBC News, 15 May 2018
• Russ Dwyer, 75, a waterman who has never received the flu vaccine, has put his name on lists at hospitals, drugstores and the county health department.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2021
• Oysters that could not be sold stayed in the water, as food establishments that previously bought them from watermen were closed, and there were no customers to buy them.
  — Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• The tradition of the Hawaiian waterman is alive today, as residents grow up frolicking in the waves — surfing, swimming and paddling as a matter of course, learning the rules of the ocean.
  — Bonnie Tsui, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017
• That conflict, and the ongoing struggles of watermen on the bay, taught her the economic importance of oyster harvesting.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 21 June 2017
• Venezuelan crab meat was already a concern for many Maryland watermen, but not for health reasons — the imports are major competitors to local seafood.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 7 July 2018
• Though known as a fearless waterman, Aikau was also a talented musician.
  — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The situation is raising the question of whether the extra-wet year was a fluke, or if researchers and watermen should prepare their facilities to deal with these conditions more often.
  — Julia Rentsch, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• In the 1980s, crab houses started bringing workers from Mexico through a program that lets them live and work in the United States during the warmer months and then return home in the winter, when watermen are prohibited from crabbing.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2018
• The waterman started thinking about seaweed six years ago, after hearing another farmer talk at a conference.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2022
• Or do a waterman workout, which involves plunging underwater holding a large rock . . .
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• In the 1980s, crab houses started bringing workers from Mexico through a program that lets them live and work in the United States during the warmer months and then return to Mexico in the winter, when watermen are prohibited from crabbing.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 3 May 2018
• Some of the competitions are celebrations of that waterman heritage.
  — Jason Nark Kent Nishimura, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Clark, the better waterman, spent most his time on the boat, where the never-ending challenges and dangers of navigating the wide, swift, ever-shifting and dangerous Missouri River demanded an experienced eye.
  — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
• Kala Alexander: Alexander is a professional waterman and actor.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2014
• The board includes the state’s secretary of natural resources and secretary of commerce, but reserves seats for commercial watermen and fishermen, as well as others in the private sector to be appointed by the governor, according to the order.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• There are some cases in which commercial watermen illegally possess the official state crustaceans in large quantities.
  — Talia Dennis, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• Black mariners, watermen, and loggers crossed borders, official and unofficial, with relative ease.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024