Explore Handyman through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like repairman. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Handyman in a sentence
Handyman meaning
A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.
Synonyms of Handyman
Using Handyman
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.
- Useful related words include: odd-job man, repairman, maintenance man, service man.
- In the example corpus, handyman often appears in combinations such as: as handyman, the handyman, handyman and.
Context around Handyman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handyman
- In this selection, "handyman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, luck, hill, inept, visiting, messaged and working stand out and add context to how "handyman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cypress handyman and was and a disgruntled handyman and leaked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handyman" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handyman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He loved DIY and was the 'handyman of the family' according to Louise and Chloe. (15 words)
The truckloads were led by their handyman, who thought they were throwing a welcome party. (15 words)
A handyman by trade, Britton was already back to work on Monday to work through the extra expenses. (18 words)
Ke Huy Quan's lovable geek version of O.B. was a unique and fun departure from what, admittedly, looks more like the 'old wise black man' trope, with its questionable slant into less of a tech geek persona and more of a blue-collar handyman. (46 words)
During an appearance on the “Melrose Place” rewatch podcast, “Still The Place,” the 62-year-old actor opened up about the “creepy” romance between his character, 25-year-old handyman Jake Hanson, and Garth’s high school character, Kelly Taylor. (40 words)
But he noted that his most intense periods of fandom had coincided with particularly stressful periods in his life, when he was having a dispute with a stalkerish acquaintance, for instance, or struggling with a side business as a handyman. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A famous writer named Shriver is invited to attend a college's literary festival, but the invitation is mistakenly sent to a "down-on-his-luck" handyman with the same name who has never even read a book.
A tenant says she was shocked and upset after finding out that the handyman that had been coming to her house for a year was actually her landlord.
Curt Goldsberry, owner of the Town Hill Handyman in Bar Harbor, explained that buildings are made up of thousands of different materials, all of which expand at different rates at different temperatures.
I call Reshmi Bennett just as she's bidding farewell to a handyman visiting her new kitchen premises in Farnham.
In addition to his work on the show, Mintz has made guest appearances on popular series like takes on the role of Uncle Teddy, a well-meaning but slightly inept handyman who frequently interacts with the Belcher family.
In June last year, an Austrian handyman was jailed for helping van Dorsten keep his children hidden from the world.
It also reveals wild true story of how their infamous sex tape was stolen by a disgruntled handyman () and leaked on the Internet, changing celebrity culture and what’s possible on the world wide web forever.
Jesus Avila Gonzalez is a Cypress handyman and was arrested at Costco and the time is 4:50 p.m. The charge is organized retail theft.
Manasa Boma, manager at The Royal Goat Hotel in Beddgelert, close to the scene, said: 'Our handyman messaged me to say there had been a terrible accident.
While they go over bankruptcy notices, one of the members notices the supposed handyman working on the door and connects his activities to the phone lines and internet malfunctioning.
During an appearance on the “Melrose Place” rewatch podcast, “Still The Place,” the 62-year-old actor opened up about the “creepy” romance between his character, 25-year-old handyman Jake Hanson, and Garth’s high school character, Kelly Taylor.
He loved DIY and was the 'handyman of the family' according to Louise and Chloe.
Ke Huy Quan's lovable geek version of O.B. was a unique and fun departure from what, admittedly, looks more like the 'old wise black man' trope, with its questionable slant into less of a tech geek persona and more of a blue-collar handyman.
My son’s new business We Fix, which he’s billing as the Harrods of the handyman world, may yet follow suit.
The truckloads were led by their handyman, who thought they were throwing a welcome party.
They also presented him as a retired restaurateur, but the expose revealed that Gerry had still been working as a handyman before the show.
Aggravated my foot again, we are getting some shade sails for the patio put up, needed to get lumber and supplies for handyman tomorrow.
A handyman by trade, Britton was already back to work on Monday to work through the extra expenses.
But he noted that his most intense periods of fandom had coincided with particularly stressful periods in his life, when he was having a dispute with a stalkerish acquaintance, for instance, or struggling with a side business as a handyman.
But her mother, a former teacher, and her father, a farmer and handyman, stressed education and moved the family 120 miles to a town that had a high school for black children.
Common combinations with handyman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as handyman 6×
- the handyman 4×
- handyman and 4×
- handyman who 3×
- local handyman 3×
- -year-old handyman 2×
- handyman he 2×
- and handyman 2×
- handyman but 2×