How to Use do-it-yourself in a Sentence

do-it-yourself

noun

• But the do-it-yourself nature of the nascent fees has raised some concerns.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• Home Depot will be right there to serve both the pro and the do-it-yourself customers.
  — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
• The do-it-yourself heater is an easy and cost-effective way to stay warm and cozy in a small space in your house.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
• That sort of rough-and-tumble street wear, with a do-it-yourself ethos, will always have a place here.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• Frito-Lay will find out whether the do-it-yourself concept still has appeal.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
• Ghosts guns are do-it-yourself firearms assembled by hand from parts.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• That helped offset still-high lumber prices and softness in do-it-yourself home projects.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• House made toppings and salsas are available at the do-it-yourself salsa bar.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
• Even this do-it-yourself site, though, warns that installing a pervious paver driveway is a job best left to pros.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• If do-it-yourself techniques don't help, try talking with a healthcare provider.
  — Michael De Medeiros, Health, 26 Mar. 2023
• Dinner couldn’t be simpler than this do-it-yourself array of food.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• But there are an increasing number of do-it-yourself gun makers, some of whom are skirting the law.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
• The system Bond refers to is the mostly do-it-yourself model of saving for retirement that came of age when Gen Xers did.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• For those enamored with the do-it-yourself spirit of ninja climbs, Kovar says by all means, go for it.
  — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2024
• It was intertwined with a do-it-yourself, anti-star ethos that would re-emerge, much louder, with punk.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
• Take a water sample to a local pool store for analysis, or buy a do-it-yourself test kit.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2023
• Hutchinson used do-it-yourself campaign tactics for those races as well.
  — Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• So many legends have heard it as a dare, an invitation, a map to their do-it-yourself future.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
• Ghosts guns are do-it-yourself firearms assembled from parts that often come in prepackaged kits.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• But the do-it-yourself vehicles have helped Russian troops cross the Snahist River more than once and begin to contest the area around Darino.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
• The maker movement, where people use do-it-yourself techniques to construct things, has been flourishing in the Bay Area for about a decade.
  — Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• The branch of the business that’s less vigorous at the moment is that of ultra-low-budget, do-it-yourself filmmaking.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
• The new do-it-yourself version of Reese’s allows fans to create their perfect version of the peanut butter and chocolate combo.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
• Why travelers don't like self-service Travelers don't hate the whole do-it-yourself movement – just parts of it.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• Why travelers don’t like self-service Travelers don’t hate the whole do-it-yourself movement — just parts of it.
  — Christopher Elliott, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
• Couples on a tighter budget might choose the do-it-yourself route or other more affordable options.
  — Rachel Simon, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• There will be a petting zoo, corn hole, a kids zone, magic and science performances, and a do-it-yourself magic table.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• For those who don't live near a store, a do-it-yourself pinhole projector is available on the company's website.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
• At do-it-yourself screens at airports, stadiums, and cafés across the country, customers are now noticing requests for a 20% tip.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 21 May 2023
• The stuff of Olympians is nothing like the do-it-yourself movement of home repair, where a simple Internet search reveals the one correct answer.
  — Katherine Douglass, Scientific American, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025