How to Use joinery in a Sentence
joinery
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Once the glue is cured, clean up the joinery with a palm sander.
—Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
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After that, the only part of the process left is the trim and joinery.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
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This type of joinery dates to the Middle Ages and was common until the mid-1800s.
—Josh Garskof, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
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And the best way to get started in pocket screw joinery is with Kreg jigs.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2019
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His favorite wood is teak, used for the decking, walls, and joinery.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
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The most efficient way to build this chair is to mill all the parts first before completing the joinery and then to assemble the piece.
—Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2020
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The woodwork had beautiful, rich grains, with joinery that fit snugly in place.
—Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2022
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This Adirondack chair from Grandin Road is crafted from durable teak with watertight mortise and tenon joinery.
—Casey Clark, Forbes, 15 June 2021
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Liverant notes that the arts, as well as skills such as cabinet-making and joinery, reflect the culture in which they are produced.
—Melanie Savage, courant.com, 28 Dec. 2020
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Downstairs is Ellison’s workshop, where the boys used to learn metalwork and wood joinery.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
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The cabinets, painted a soft white cream, were built to last, with dovetail joinery and quality hardware.
—James Alexander, courant.com, 27 July 2017
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The Arts & Crafts style interior features dark brown wood floors, timber joinery and bench-tops and tons of thoughtful touches.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2022
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No problem here, though: On our test car, these parts fit together tighter than Japanese joinery.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
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Details reflect the chef, extending to the cypress bar’s brass joinery, glasses with thread-thin stems, and the occasional dish served in a Meiji-era bowl.
—Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
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Other islands have been detailed to look like furniture, with meticulous joinery in the woodwork.
—Sam Cochran, Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2022
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The company uses Japanese joinery to keep the pieces together with zero screws.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
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His work resonated with craftsmen and architects, too, because the joinery was often the ornament.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
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Though mass-produced, some stock cabinets are fairly durable, with dovetail joinery and full-extension drawer glides.
—Monica Wang, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
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Zumthor retained a feel for simple joinery, and many of his early projects are wooden, including a pair of restrained timber sheds that protect the excavation of a Roman ruin in Chur.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
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Below the loft, the Waverly features a desk built to last a lifetime, constructed with classic furniture-making techniques like mortise and tenon joinery.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
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The main salon combines walnut joinery, black glass and black lacquer finishes, with floor-to-ceiling windows and custom furniture.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2022
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And not only was the whole thing assembled by humans working almost exclusively with hand tools, the house is held together entirely by joinery with no nails or screws.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2016
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The facility also offers classes in woodworking, joinery, knife making, weaving and more — open to all.
—Washington Post, 29 June 2021
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Although there are a few angles and curves to cut, there's no fancy joinery -- everything's held together with corrosion-resistant deck screws.
—Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2017
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Our experts have been impressed by the quality of IKEA's construction, which includes dovetail joinery and full-extension drawer glides.
—Monica Wang, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
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Rarely did his pieces include the right angles created by joinery usually employed by carpenters.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2018
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This platform frame is gorgeous, featuring Japanese joinery and a height that's perfect for storing things underneath.
—Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 14 Jan. 2023
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But for these goods, cost competes with craft, and work is hurried to meet buyers’ budgets and deadlines: delicate fretwork and subtle details are left out; complex traditional wood joinery is swapped for nails.
—Atul Bhattarai, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2017
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In the world of Japanese woodworking — which relies on complex joinery rather than screws, nails, and glue to hold things together — there are very specific saws, chisels, drills, mallets, and planes that enable artisans to do their job.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2021
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De Cotiis has said about his furniture-making methods (his preternaturally smooth joinery has long been a subject of awe and curiosity in the design world).
—Kurt Soller, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
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