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14 example sentences for ARTISAN, such as:

1. The artisan can cut stones into various shapes.
2. He was a man of lofty stature, half peasant, half artisan.
3. A noted artisan, Arturo was known for the fine craftsmanship.
4. Listen to me, you, Feuilly, valiant artisan, man of the people.
5. The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling.

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artisan
 n.  manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
Classic Sentence:
1  He was a man of lofty stature, half peasant, half artisan.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
2  , which, of course, had at first been closed to the artisan, opened both leaves of their folding-doors to the millionnaire.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
3  One artisan drinking with a comrade made the latter feel him to see how warm he was; the other man felt a pistol under his waistcoat.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
4  Listen to me, you, Feuilly, valiant artisan, man of the people.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
5  An artisan was fastening Mother Hucheloup's big straw hat on his head with a string, "for fear of sun-stroke," as he said.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
6  The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
7  His step had suddenly become firm; artisans had offered him their arms; he had refused with a sign of the head.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN
8  Combeferre, surrounded by students and artisans, was speaking of the dead, of Jean Prouvaire, of Bahorel, of Mabeuf, and even of Cabuc, and of Enjolras' sad severity.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NO...
9  Over six per cent were merchants, farmers, and artisans, and four per cent were in the government civil-service.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
10  , including twenty-four artisans, ten merchants, twenty-one preachers, and four teachers.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
11  I can therefore show no attention to strangers, nor suppliants, nor to people who say that they are skilled artisans, but am all the time broken-hearted about Ulysses.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
12  And in an incredibly short time the Pontellier house was turned over to the artisans.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  A noted artisan, Arturo was known for the fine craftsmanship.
2  The artisan can cut stones into various shapes.