Examples of dockworker in a Sentence
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker.
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Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
In October 2024, nearly 50,000 longshoremen, or dockworkers, along the U.S. East Coast walked off the job in one of the largest strikes in modern labor history.
—Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Cruise ports, as well as starting and end points, can be changed at the last minute for reasons ranging from bad weather to dockworker strikes and beyond.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
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Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
In October 2024, nearly 50,000 longshoremen, or dockworkers, along the U.S. East Coast walked off the job in one of the largest strikes in modern labor history.
—Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Cruise ports, as well as starting and end points, can be changed at the last minute for reasons ranging from bad weather to dockworker strikes and beyond.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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dockworker
noun
dock·work·er
-ˌwər-kər 
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