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Example sentences for "machinists"

Lexicographically close words:
machined; machinery; machines; machining; machinist; macho; macht; macintosh; mackarel; mackerel
  1. The machinists were then turned out of the building.

  2. At six o'clock there was no further delay; no extra work was required, and the machinists poured into the sloppy, dark, and dreary streets.

  3. Proportional representation was defended by the delegates of the Typographical Union, of the Machinists and of the Railway Workers.

  4. With the machinists and the metal trades in general, the invasion of unskilled and little skilled competitors began a decade later.

  5. In the following ten years both molders and machinists went on fighting for control and engaged in strikes with more or less success.

  6. The spur to action was given by a strike called by the machinists in Chicago and other cities for the nine-hour day.

  7. The outstanding unions in the industry are the International Association of Machinists and the International Molders' Union, with a half dozen smaller and very small unions.

  8. The machinists continued to make numerous agreements with individual firms, especially the smaller ones, but the general agreement was never renewed.

  9. Some railways, of the more liberal sort, made agreements with the machinists and with the other shop unions.

  10. Two workers employed as shirt machinists were told they would both be fined 5s.

  11. It is worth noting that the group showing the highest earnings is that of hand or foot machinists on piece work.

  12. Women are employed chiefly as machinists or upper closers, or as fitters in both cases, being concerned with the manufacture of the top or upper.

  13. Do you imagine, then, Mr. Benson, that some of the naval machinists have been careless or incompetent?

  14. There are Grant Andrews and three of his machinists coming down to the water.

  15. We saw one of the machinists of the ’Farnum,’ sir, hanging about on shore.

  16. And we’ll leave word for Grant Andrews and some of his machinists to inspect both craft with us.

  17. With the help of some of the naval machinists aboard the “Hudson,” both submarine craft were also manned and hawsers made fast.

  18. Machinists and cadets stood about, passing him the tools he needed, and helping him when required.

  19. Why, that would be a wild guess to make, sir, when one remembers what high rank your naval machinists take in their work,” Jack Benson replied.

  20. While Somers was busy putting the foreman and the machinists ashore, Mr. Farnum, Jack and Hal remained on the platform deck, watching the approach of the naval vessel, which was now plainly making for Dunhaven.

  21. The job done, at last, Truax quietly received the thanks of the naval machinists and went ashore again.

  22. The final form of the details can best be determined by the manufacturer and expert machinists and designers, who appreciate the matter of economical manufacture, which is quite as essential as the efficiency of the device or machine.

  23. For some time after the departure of the two young machinists the inventor seemed worried.

  24. Open the side windows," called the professor's voice, and the two machinists obeyed.

  25. The two machinists knocked away the last of the retaining blocks and eased the ship slightly down the well-greased timbers of the ways.

  26. Dinner was prepared and, after the meal the two machinists approached the professor.

  27. Mr. Powderly is reported in the same interview as saying that his greatest difficulty in getting machinists and blacksmiths to join the Knights of Labor lay in the contempt with which they looked upon other workers.

  28. The following month they called out 40 machinists in Canton, Ohio.

  29. Just now half the machinists started to come over here.

  30. I believe we have no iron brackets, though I dare say the machinists at the other end of the shop could make them for us if we are willing to wait for them.

  31. Some of them soon learned to handle the file with some degree of skill, and the instructor began to have some idea who would make machinists among them.

  32. If there was any thing funny, the boys all wanted to know what it was; and some of them were inclined to run over to ascertain why the young machinists were laughing.

  33. The machinists at the other end of the shop were interested, and some of them went over to see what the excitement was.

  34. Then, we are not likely to become full-fledged machinists in six months,” added Pemberton Millweed.

  35. I don’t believe half the machinists know any thing about these branches,” said Bob Swanton.

  36. It is at the same time pushed by machinists placed in the interior of the framework.

  37. That was the question that Perrine anxiously asked herself, for on that day her role of interpreter to the English machinists would terminate.

  38. Tell the machinists that when they want you they can call you, and then come and read from an English paper some articles that I wish to have read to me in French.

  39. She tried to recover her self-control, for it would never do to listen to what was being said behind her when the machinists and workmen were talking to her at the same time.

  40. The youth looked disdainfully at the work the machinists had done, which in truth was merely in preparation.

  41. Vulfran returned, this time being led in by the manager, who, having placed him in a seat, began to explain to him the work that the machinists were now engaged upon.

  42. The next morning, when the factory whistle blew, she went to the door of the room occupied by the two machinists and knocked, and told them it was time to get up.

  43. Mr. Fenwick, when he had summoned several of the machinists whom he employed, to aid himself and the young inventor.

  44. This is a paint used by machinists to try the fit of one piece to another, or to try the work by a test piece or surface plate.

  45. In 1864 after very annoying experiences with firemen and other railway employees on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, it amended its constitution and excluded firemen and machinists from the order.

  46. Who shall adjust the machinery in elevators--the Machinists or Elevator Constructors?

  47. Machinists employed in other shops soon joined them, and the city's industries were virtually paralyzed.

  48. How many machinists were there in the party?

  49. There was no one on board, and the machinists reported plenty of oil fuel.

  50. These slide-rules have been for years in constant daily use by machinists having no knowledge of mathematics.

  51. Shortly after this he was given work as a machinist in running one of the lathes, and, as he turned out rather more work than other machinists were doing on similar lathes, after several months was made gang boss over the lathes.

  52. Harrison," answered Kurdy, naming one of the most efficient of the new machinists Tom had hired during the rush.

  53. Anyhow, there's no point in trying to make machinists of Mahailey and mother.

  54. When darkness fell electric lights were rigged so that the machinists might go on with their work, and all through the night they matched and fitted and screwed so that by morning the great bird was on its feet.

  55. Bethlehem the National Committee amplified the work started a year before by the Machinists and Electrical Workers.

  56. They passed noisy machine-shops whence machinists glanced out at them.

  57. He passed a factory, a tall, ugly building of brick, and in the light of the incandescent lamps he could see the faces of the machinists bent over the glistening machines.

  58. These tools and all others used by jewelers and machinists can be bought wherever tools are sold.

  59. We saw one of the machinists of the 'Farnum,' sir, hanging about on shore.

  60. With the help of some of the naval machinists aboard the "Hudson," both submarine craft were also manned and hawsers made fast.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "machinists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.