How To Use Gondolier In A Sentence
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The gondolier is a picturesque rascal for all he wears no satin harness, no plumed bonnet, no silken tights.
The Innocents Abroad
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We admired the Basilica, explored interesting side streets and leaned over bridges to watch stately gondoliers bend effortlessly as they passed underneath.
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The gondoliers, chanting for a fare as they stood at the foot of the bridge in contra posto poses.
Campo San Vidal
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Irit spoke again in Italian and their gondolier moved them quickly away from the landing.
FLASH POINT
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I do nod know _any_ nah-ice gondolier -- zey are oal -- I dell you, if you lif viz zem ade mons as me, you cot your troat -- yes!
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892
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It was thought the picture, which shows gondoliers and sailors at work in 18th century Venice, was a copy by an imitator or student of the artist and had been valued at no more than £5,000.
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When the narrator sees her being poled around her swimming pool by a niece impersonating a gondolier, we may be reminded that hers is not the first Venice imported to Southern California.
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The Canadian pair, who have been dating for over a year, cuddled up on a heart-shaped seat while they were serenaded by the gondolier.
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Sometimes gondoliers and sailors in costume were hired to ply the waters of the Grand Canal while musicians played on shore.
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&c. One day, he called a gondolier, desiring that he might be carried to the church of a certain saint.
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
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The Venetian has gondolas with gondoliers who imitate Italian accents.
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So Helfand and crew jetted to Venice, home of gondoliers, canals, and Enichem, one of the largest vinyl manufacturing plants in Europe.
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The gondolier's song, the barcarole, moves-like all music-in time; but also on the boat and water from which it is originally sung.
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I still think being a gondolier is a man's job, but I am sure that with experience Giorgia will be able to do it easily," he said.
Archive 2009-06-01
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I couldn't help thinking that the gondolas looked like coffins, especially at night with the Grand Canal lit up, the boats appearing black and the faces of the gondoliere skeletal in the confusing play of light and shadow.
Death on the Caribbean
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Consequently it is a constant struggle for gondoliers to be seen as more than folkloric accouterments.
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Its narrow streets and squares resonate with the songs of the gondolieri and chatter coming from open-air cafes.
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But it also gives you a chance to applaud the skills of the colourful gondoliers as they pass each other, separated it seems by a mere lick of paint, with deft, well-practised wiggles of their single oars.
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We succumbed to the sales pitch for a gondola ride on Venice's Canals and paid 80 euros for the 110 euro tour, but our gondolier didn't sing -- or talk much either.
Eileen Ogintz: Family Travel In Venice
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It is no coincidence that Hartley himself, in Venice, fell for a gondolier.
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Among their plans to makeover Macao's casino scene is Adelson's vision of an indoor version of Venice's Grand Canal, complete with singing gondoliers.
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The gondoliers are protesting a law prohibiting gondola rides in Venice's famed canals during the morning rush hour.
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[17 Venice.] of the gondoliers of former days, gliding about in jetty blackness.
A Lady's Glimpse of the Late War in Bohemia
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As we ate, a passing gondolier serenaded his passengers.
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Your mother and I met in Venice, where I was working as a gondolier.
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Magisterial palaces and impressive churches sit alongside simple, scenic quaysides and straw-hatted gondoliers.
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A barcarolle is characterized by a rhythm reminiscent of the gondolier's stroke, almost invariably a moderate tempo 6/8 meter.
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To the right, a different type of water hazard awaits, in the canals of the Venetian - singing gondoliers and all.
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When she was dressed, Nella called the gondolier from her own window, and met him in the passage when he came up.
Marietta A Maid of Venice
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I was taken by the absurdity of a boat large enough that it could have it's own canal and serenading gondoliere.
Death on the Caribbean
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One moonlit evening she heard an old gondoliere challenge a younger one to alternate with him the stanzas of the Gerusalemme.
Mrs Shelley
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I went straight to the head of the line and approached one of the gondoliere.
Death on the Caribbean
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What a colourful sight the gondoliers make in their straw boaters and striped sweaters, but we heard none of them singing.
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The gondoliers depart by boat leaving the contadine.
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Returning on the boat we were discussing the Venetian gondoliers.
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Gondoliers in Venetian clothing propel the boats, which were used for centuries as the chief means of transportation within Venice, Italy, through the water with a single oar.
Journey to Amore With a Venetian Gondola Getaway
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The consul appealed to the English Resident, John Murray, who wrote an angry letter to the Government, complaining of this treatment; 'La carità della nobile donna,' he says, 'verso la moglie del gondoliere merita senza dubbio gran lode, ma il sottoscritto s'imagina che l'avvocato più scaltro si troverebbe bene intrigato di produrre una legge o esempio per incaricare l'Ambasciatore Inglese di questa carità.'
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886
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Our gondolier is Francesca, born on the Adriatic coast of Italy, raised in Southern California.
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What a colourful sight the gondoliers make in their straw boaters and striped sweaters, but we heard none of them singing.
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In Venice she slept in the garden of a gondolier; in Thailand she hung out with a family that showed her the art of fruit carving.
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Eating is done in tacky gondolier-a-go-go joints with a floorshow of stunned lobsters and smarmy waiters.
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It was thought the picture, which shows gondoliers and sailors at work in 18th century Venice, was a copy by an imitator or student of the artist and had been valued at no more than £5,000.
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Second place wins a collectible (or would be if it didn't have a little crack in the horn) cow standing in a gondola and wearing a gondolier costume, except in the daringly naked udder area.
Style Invitational Week 890: A contest to combine two sports team names
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A butcher stands in the tail of his pigboat like a Venetian gondolier; a pig's head is nailed to the prow, the rest of the carcass laid out in the anatomically correct order down the length of the boat.
"Unidentified Objects" by James P. Blaylock
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The gondolieri were frequently hailed, at this early hour, by the market-people, as they glided by towards Venice, and the lagune soon displayed a gay scene of innumerable little barks, passing from terra-firma with provisions.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Candide points out that the singing gondoliers must be happy.
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One moonlit evening she heard an old gondoliere challenge a younger one to alternate with him the stanzas of the _Gerusalemme_.
Mrs. Shelley
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A cabman who sits on a box and whips his horse, or a chauffeur who turns a wheel, is that and nothing more; but a gondolier is a romantic figure, and a gondola is a romantic craft, and the poor fellow has had to do it all himself, and did you hear how he was panting? and do look at those dark eyes!
A Wanderer in Venice
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Magisterial palaces and impressive churches sit alongside simple, scenic quaysides and straw-hatted gondoliers.
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Sadly there wasn't any more time for some of our crew to further acquaint themselves with our gondoliers, as we had to make a speedy getaway to the ferry to take us back to the bus.
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Followed by Fortunée's blinking husband Hamelin dressed as a Venetian gondoliere and a pretty little man dressed as a jester — Captain Charles?
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
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The gondoliere didn't sing and he didn't say a word.
Death on the Caribbean
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Mrs. Vervain gave a frailish start from the chair, into which she had sunk, "Oh, do let us be off at once, then," she said; and when they stood on the landing-stairs of the hotel: "What gloomy things these gondolas are!" she added, while the gondolier with one foot on the gunwale of the boat received the ladies 'shawls, and then crooked his arm for them to rest a hand on in stepping aboard; "I wonder they don't paint them some cheerful color.
A Foregone Conclusion
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Below: At first the crew had to dress as gondoliers, much to the amusement of their colleagues!
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There would be dancing, there would be moonlight and romantic walks on deck, the pools and the Grand Canal would be lit up, and the sound of the gondoliere serenading would be heard over the conversations of the passengers who would exaggerate their time spent snorkeling with stingrays.
Death on the Caribbean
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“Being a gondolier is a tradition and it is very difficult work.”
Archive 2007-05-01
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These include a sticky-fingered hippie named McGruff, a friendly gondolier, and his good-hearted mother.