How to Use milkman in a Sentence

milkman

noun
Definition of milkmannext
  • Charles remained in the dairy business for many years as a milkman.
    — courant.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • At the age of 13, Thomas Connery became a full-time milkman.
    — Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2020
  • About the milkman Teyve with five daughters who had a hard life, who had a sense of humor and a sense of God.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2019
  • Hellert was retired from his decades-long job as a milkman.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 8 May 2020
  • The umpire can already seem a man out of time, like a milkman or a doctor who makes house calls.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Her father was a milkman and her mother a seamstress and maid.
    — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The sick were quarantined in their rooms, with signs posted on their front doors warning the milkman to stay away.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Dylan Field shines as the poor milkman and loving father, Tevye.
    — Hilary Lee, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Joel Rodriguez performs the role of the milkman, Howie Newsome, from a motorized wheelchair.
    — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 13 Sep. 2017
  • His father, Milton, was a milkman, and his mother, May Hansen, was a homemaker.
    — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Tevye, a poor milkman with five daughters and an opinionated wife.
    — Joan Hunt, Courant Community, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Growing Borden The boomer generation may have fond memories of Elsie on the side of their milkman’s truck.
    — Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 26 May 2020
  • And Loop will pick up your empty product bottles and drop off refills, old-school milkman-style (prices vary, and brands like Pantene and the Body Shop are already available; loopstore.com).
    — Zuzu Snyder, Marie Claire, 10 Oct. 2019
  • For much of the 20th century, milk was a simple part of daily life in the U.S., as farmers raised cows, milkmen delivered bottles and children chugged it at school.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Freddie was the milkman for the Noone family in Manchester, England.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Bertie had seen from his window something that had been spotted minutes before by a passing milkman.
    — David Usborne, Town & Country, 29 May 2018
  • Her father, John, was an aspiring tennis coach who made ends meet as a milkman, and her mother, Doris, was a homemaker.
    — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But its producers have taken notice of the milkman’s troubles.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2019
  • Set in 1901, the first act concerns itself with the everyday stuff of life — getting the kids off to school for mom, getting to work on time for dad, spats between brother and sister, the milkman making his rounds, etc.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The story is set in 1905 Czarist Russia and revolves around Jewish milkman Tevye and his five daughters, all at or approaching marrying age.
    — G. Allen Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In another, the woman found herself surrounded by workers, including a milkman, a gasman, a newsagent, and a plumber.
    — Mireille Juchau, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2019
  • But then the milkman, a senior paramilitary figure in the struggle against the country’s occupiers, takes an interest in her.
    — Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
  • Her father, an aspiring tennis coach, also worked as a milkman, and her mother was a homemaker.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The son of a milkman and a waitress, Scruggs remains an affable man, charming and cynical, with dry sense of humor and a salesman’s persistence.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
  • Then supermarkets and single-use containers planted a dead-end sign on our milkman's route.
    — Mat Honan, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2014
  • Even a visiting neighbor or milkman might be enlisted, only to see himself pop up in the comics six weeks later dressed as a barbarian or wizard.
    — Garry Trudeau, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Young also joined forces with his neighbors, including Kevin Ellis, a former investment banker-turned-milkman.
    — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Since 1964, the musical about a Jewish milkman clinging to tradition in Tsarist Russia has charmed audiences with its humor, heart and iconic music.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 20 Oct. 2022
  • That person is Milkman, who isn’t a milkman but earned the nickname, rumor has it, because of the paramilitary practice of secreting bombs inside milk delivery crates.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • The parents are naturally disgusted by the vulgarity at first, whereas near the end of the video, Bregoli's 1960s alter ego is furious over a surprise celebrity cameo in the form of a well-meaning milkman.
    — Abby Jones, Billboard, 1 May 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'milkman.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: