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Kentridge likens the captain to the ferryman, Charon, in Greek mythology transporting the dead across the river Styx to the underworld.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
The blind ferryman Ayoub lives in the swamps of southern Iraq.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
Even as few vehicles used the Rodolfo Robles bridge, the ferrymen went back and forth, back and forth, each time bringing more and more people to Mexico.
—David Culver, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
The blind ferryman Ayoub lives in the swamps of southern Iraq.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
Even as few vehicles used the Rodolfo Robles bridge, the ferrymen went back and forth, back and forth, each time bringing more and more people to Mexico.
—David Culver, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
See All Example Sentences for ferryman
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“Ferryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferryman. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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