Examples of groundsman in a Sentence
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Dodds, a club cricketer before assuming groundsman duties at first Stamford Bridge CC in York and then for Durham at South Northumberland CC, admits there can be nerves when watching the first hour on the opening morning of a four-day Championship fixture.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The club is in the family bloodline, with brother, Andoni, chief groundsman for the past two years and, Igor, the president.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Training is over for the day and the ground is empty, apart from groundsman Paul Chaloner and his staff beavering away on the pitch.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In a Tardis-like hut between Goodison’s Bullens Road and Park End, Everton’s three full-time groundsmen, Bob Lennon, Tony Balshaw and Jon Howell, are taking a temporary pause from their daily grind.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Murphy currently looks up to one of the lead groundsmen at the club.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
In the grand cemeteries, where gardeners and groundsmen keep the avenues swept, the parts visitors favour are often far away from the starker, newer memorials, in odd corners or wooded patches where weeds have been allowed to rampage.
—1843, 21 May 2020
The whole team - from groundsmen and fans to the chairman and first XI - was in disarray and disbelief after such a horrific tragedy.
—SI.com, 19 June 2019
In 2008, around 20 groundsmen at Kolkata’s famous Eden Gardens stadium threatened to commit suicide over their demand for better salaries.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 4 June 2019
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The club is in the family bloodline, with brother, Andoni, chief groundsman for the past two years and, Igor, the president.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Training is over for the day and the ground is empty, apart from groundsman Paul Chaloner and his staff beavering away on the pitch.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In a Tardis-like hut between Goodison’s Bullens Road and Park End, Everton’s three full-time groundsmen, Bob Lennon, Tony Balshaw and Jon Howell, are taking a temporary pause from their daily grind.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Murphy currently looks up to one of the lead groundsmen at the club.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
In the grand cemeteries, where gardeners and groundsmen keep the avenues swept, the parts visitors favour are often far away from the starker, newer memorials, in odd corners or wooded patches where weeds have been allowed to rampage.
—1843, 21 May 2020
The whole team - from groundsmen and fans to the chairman and first XI - was in disarray and disbelief after such a horrific tragedy.
—SI.com, 19 June 2019
In 2008, around 20 groundsmen at Kolkata’s famous Eden Gardens stadium threatened to commit suicide over their demand for better salaries.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 4 June 2019
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“Groundsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groundsman. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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