How to Use repairman in a Sentence

repairman

noun
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  • With no way out, the repairman turned to the ATM for help.
    — Bill Hanna, star-telegram, 13 July 2017
  • There are cracks in the foundation, and the repairmen don’t have a clue.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The robber then handed the repairman a trash bag and told him to put all the money in the bag.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The repairman was not found to be involved in any scheme.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 27 Dec. 2020
  • That floor didn’t stay built — hence last week’s call for a repairman.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
  • Palmer, a former hydraulic repairman in the U.S. Air Force, rode out the storm on his bed.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Neven Stanisic, a repairman, was also among those who lost his life.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • But Gilliard, one of eight children born to a washing-machine repairman and a cook, didn’t see it that way.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • At first, the blaring radio in a repairman’s white van on her side of the street was only a disruption.
    — Sorayya Khan, Longreads, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Maybe one of the repairmen follows his dream and actually makes it on to Drag Race.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Smith, a 30-year-old repairman, told The Washington Post.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • In SF two nights, gonna spend an afternoon waiting on a repairman.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Steve Rogers has worked at the San Jose Improv comedy club for almost two decades as a door host, line cook, and repairman.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Gargiulo wore the same types of bootees over his shoes for his work as an air conditioner repairman.
    — Alene Tchekmedyianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Randall figured out, as Rebecca did with Kate, the need to be there as a railing, not a repairman.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 12 May 2021
  • With the repairman working underneath the car, Scott, Dixon and the woman entered the vehicle to talk.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2021
  • But visiting foreigners cannot see her house, a building that has not seen repairs for decades, and so the painters and the repairmen passed it by.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 14 July 2018
  • The tank is supposed to be there for backup in case the machine malfunctions, so the patient has a way to breathe while the company sends a repairman.
    — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • During those years, Gargiulo played high school football, boxed, was a wannabe actor and a repairman.
    — CBS News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Ndamukong Suh turkey shoot: Players use pellet guns to scare cable repairmen off the field.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Their electrician comes in twice a week, as does their repairman and their contractor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2019
  • The guitar is being sold by Larry Cragg, who was Dylan’s guitar repairman when Cragg bought it from him in 1977.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Bruno was a skilled autobody repairman at Gallagher Buick for many years.
    — courant.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • First up: an elevator repairman who has … seen (and smelled) some things.
    — Craig Taylor, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Her mother was a homemaker, and her father worked as a shoe repairman.
    — Annabelle Williams, New York Times, 17 July 2021
  • If a repairman showed up, so did Mark -- making sure she wasn’t taken advantage of.
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • My father worked as a Maytag man in our small town, where many considered him to be the best appliance repairman in the county.
    — Justin Quarry, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Schaufler placed bids from Montana; Rumsey bid from her Jackson home while a repairman worked on her hot tub.
    — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Meanwhile, her husband, Vitalii, a repairman for heavy vehicles, has been digging graves in Kyiv to bury the dead.
    — Amandas Ong, ELLE, 3 May 2022
  • Also, learn how to find a reputable repairman and more about current home improvement scams.
    — Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017

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