How to Use carpentry in a Sentence

carpentry

noun

• When the carpentry is finished, the cabinets will be installed.
• He learned carpentry from his father.
• Anyone with basic carpentry skills can make the necessary cuts and assemble the parts.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
• As a teen in Toulouse, France, Blouin considered carpentry.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
• Brierley is amazed that all the work is from scratch, by a neighbor who has no background in engineering, mechanics or carpentry.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
• Some examples are carpentry, electrical work, plumbing and the installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2017
• Like most of the fine carpentry in the house, this was done on-site.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2021
• He's done carpentry for the show for more than 20 years.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2020
• Now that the walls up, carpentry is next on the schedule.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• My dad picked up those carpentry skills and passed them on to me.
  — Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Apr. 2021
• The man who once did carpentry and odd jobs is unable to work.
  — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
• The work is varied and, as with carpentry, there’s a wide spread in their earnings.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
• But as has happened so many times in my life, carpentry came to the rescue.
  — Nick Offerman, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2023
• From painting to carpentry, the team tries to never skip this step.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 1 June 2018
• Boys were taught farming and trades such as blacksmithing and carpentry, and girls were taught to spin and weave.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 26 June 2021
• The carpentry tools simply lay on top of the tool wallets and kits in my larger satchel.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2021
• Morgan has dreams of building a tiny home of his own, putting his carpentry skills to use.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2021
• The lasting pain makes carpentry and knife-making a pipe dream.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
• Inside the 2011 truck was the man’s carpentry equipment.
  — cleveland, 5 Aug. 2020
• He was scheduled to start a new carpentry job three days after he was killed.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
• About 85 percent of the Habitat house is carpentry, Robey said.
  — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 15 May 2018
• But the old carpentry adage about wisdom is only half the battle.
  — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• Same with Harrison Ford, who, in his pre-movie star days, did some carpentry for Earl and sold him weed, too.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022
• The group plotted to kill the 1st lieutenant while meeting at a carpentry store Ahmed owned on Street 40, according to the court records.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
• But a sauce aged in oak barrels to nod at his woodworking and carpentry skills?
  — Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
• Charles has a carpentry job, and Cynthia takes the children to school, Girl Scouts and travel soccer.
  — Jennifer Egan, New York Times, 9 May 2018
• The mighty timber frame of the roof, a prodigy of 13th-century carpentry, is a complete loss.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2019
• For a week, the girls did electrical work, plumbing and carpentry.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Friends, family and students contributed labor in exchange for lessons on carpentry, working with adobe and using old tires for roofing.
  — Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• After years of saving up from Cerezo’s work in construction and carpentry, the restaurant location became available, and the couple decided this was their chance.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024