Wondering how to use Lightermen in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Lightermen in a sentence
Lightermen meaning
plural of lighterman
Using Lightermen
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lighterman
Context around Lightermen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lightermen
- In this selection, "lightermen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include skilled the lightermen had their and were called lightermen and spent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lightermen" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lightermen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These workers were called lightermen and spent their days on lighter, flat-bottomed barges who carried cargoes from larger ships. (20 words)
Some of the workers were highly skilled - the lightermen had their own livery company or guild, while the deal porters (workers who carried timber) were famous for their acrobatic skills. (30 words)
Some of the workers were highly skilled - the lightermen had their own livery company or guild, while the deal porters (workers who carried timber) were famous for their acrobatic skills. (30 words)
These workers were called lightermen and spent their days on lighter, flat-bottomed barges who carried cargoes from larger ships. (20 words)
Example sentences (2)
These workers were called lightermen and spent their days on lighter, flat-bottomed barges who carried cargoes from larger ships.
Some of the workers were highly skilled - the lightermen had their own livery company or guild, while the deal porters (workers who carried timber) were famous for their acrobatic skills.