The keeper was a grizzled surfman named Frazer, and a man possessed of some education; he did not awaken the same feelings in the boy as Abner Peake, but at the same time he was evidently inclined to be friendly in his own gruff way.
The surfmanhastened to explain that Darry was a survivor of the last wreck, on the shore where so many brave ships had left their bones.
Jest the age our Joe would a-ben if he'd pulled through," and the rough surfman swept his sleeve across his eyes as he spoke.
Abner was next to him, and the surfman had watched the manly efforts of his adopted boy with secret delight.
After that he worked right along with the men and they were glad of his help, for the loss of the one surfman was holding them back.
But the loquacious surfmanhad moved out of earshot and they heard no more of his tale.
A dishonest surfman might go a short distance from the station, find a snug loafing-place, and spend his time of duty there instead of patrolling the coast, if it wasn't for the little telltale inside this case.
Almost before Sam had ceased speaking the life-boat was lost to view on the starboard side of the steamer, and there she remained so long that the surfman cried impatiently: "What can they be doin'?
With head bent low in deference to the force of the blast, and eyes narrowed to slits, the surfman searched the seething sea for the shadowy outlines of a vessel in trouble.
These conditions were favourable for surf-boat work, and as the surfman told his tale the keeper or captain of the crew decided what to do.
At the sight of the surfman the man left the dune, struck the boat path, and walked straight toward the porch.
There were no dangers that the sea could unfold which this silent surfman had not met and conquered, and would again.
The surfmanhad not yet changed his position nor moved a muscle of his body.
Again the captain forgot the surfman in the friend.
The surfman was on his feet in an instant, his ears wide open.
It was directed to Parks--they were both Barnegat men--and was answered by that surfman with a slow-falling wink.
The captain nodded, and continued chafing the man's hands--working with the skill of a surfman over the water-soaked body.
The old surfman nodded, his eyes still fastened on the captain.
Arriving there, they found it deserted, although footprints in the sand showed them that a surfmanfrom the Life Saving Station, two miles further up the shore, had patroled the beach during the night.
When it came to the weights, the boys had very little chance against the larger and brawnier men, and Frank Bowers, Surfman One, threw the hammer several feet farther than anyone.
To while away the time, Surfman Three, a genial young Irishman named Larry Flynn, proposed a series of track games between the crew and their visitors.
Frank is our best all-round athlete," said Surfman Two, addressing the captain.
The surfman grinned up at Ralph, nodded, and pulled back to the strand.
Arad Thompson ain't let out a peep," the surfman declared.
During the day a surfman is constantly on the lookout in the watch-tower of the station.
A surfman by the name of O'Neal put himself in the buoy and was hauled to the wreck.
Imagine, if you can, and that is impossible, the lot of a surfman on the Jersey coast during one of the great storms sure to occur once or twice in every winter.
The very sight of the young surfman so muscular and healthy was an elixir to Chauncy.
Every surfman could seem to make out in his thoughts a pale face frantically appealing to him through the wild storm, and they began to dress again for their perilous work.
I am a surfmanand then I am called a patrolman too.
Here were six wooden cot-beds ranged along two sides of the room; and under the thick army blankets that covered them, it seemed as if any tired surfman would be comfortable.
An appetizing fragrance welcomed the hungry young surfman as he opened the door of the station.
I'm a patrolman now, but just let a vessel show itself off there, and I should be a surfman in less than no time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "surfman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
