How to Use blacksmith in a Sentence

blacksmith

noun
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  • Like a chimney sweep, a blacksmith is often covered in soot.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Pop in to say hello to the banker, the lady in the post office, the blacksmith and the girl in the candy shop.
    — Rick Steves, miamiherald, 30 June 2017
  • Pop in to say hello to the banker, the lady in the post office, the blacksmith, and the girl in the candy shop.
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 16 May 2017
  • This is like if Bob Ross had a blacksmith's shop, this would be it.
    — Zachariah Durr, cleveland.com, 14 May 2018
  • And parks need more than just rangers: the jobs range from lifeguards to blacksmiths.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The second pawn is a blacksmith, who makes armor for the knight.
    — Jenny Adams, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The blacksmith made one of the two heavy armored shirts on display.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Born in 1812, Campbell was the son of a free blacksmith in New Jersey.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The star of the show, the anvil, was used by blacksmiths in the famed Mormon Battalion as far back as 1847.
    — John D'anna, azcentral, 3 July 2019
  • The house was built in 1738 by the Warners, a family of blacksmiths.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The blacksmith was in, doing demonstrations, and the house and mill were open for tours.
    — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Aug. 2019
  • William U’ren, a young blacksmith in Colorado, marched in 1880.
    — Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
  • For 50 years, each truck top has been welded by hand by a blacksmith.
    — Michael Stilwell, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2017
  • When the minute hand advanced, the blacksmiths began to pivot and strike their bell.
    — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Khaled worked at a blacksmith’s, making about a sandwich’s worth of wages a day.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The 100-year-old adobe building that was once a blacksmith shop is now a cozy studio with a view of the rolling Trans-Pecos hills.
    — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Chef Ryan Crawford and his cooks wear leather blacksmith’s aprons.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • This nose-to-tail eatery is tucked into a former blacksmith shop in the heart of Hudson.
    — Sylvie Morgan Brown, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • In the 1880s when the O’Neill family owned the property and ran a cattle ranch, the chapel was used as a blacksmith shop.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Please don’t tell me the MBTA blacksmiths are forging parts one by one.
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Come fall, a bar and lounge will open inside a former blacksmith shop.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • His great-grandfather, a blacksmith, is believed to have been the first.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2021
  • The children had finished school for the day and were headed to a blacksmith to have their horse fitted with new shoes.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Its historic building was once a blacksmith shop that opened in 1912.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Even the blacksmith, who sells bolo knives to tourists, has been able to buy two water buffaloes.
    — Aurora Almendral, New York Times, 15 May 2017
  • The enormous iron skillets are custom made in the park’s blacksmith shop, and that's just one of the many crafts featured throughout the park.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Bernhardt had worked at one of those plants, had a record there of petty theft, and had training as a blacksmith.
    — Joshua Hammer, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The site overlooks a pond and includes a sawmill, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, along with a two-story house.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The blacksmith was a lean man with a sad, rectilinear face and hair the color of clapboard.
    — Elizabeth McCracken, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Not long after, Billy killed a blacksmith in Camp Grant, Arizona, according to legend.
    — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023

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