How to Use trowel in a Sentence

trowel

1 of 2 noun

• What defines our species is not the hammer or the trowel but the nail and the grout.
  — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
• Use a weeder with a forked end or a trowel to help get the roots out.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
• Use a trowel to measure a circle in the earth that's roughly 1 1/2 times the size of the plant.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2019
• Under the daughter plant, use a trowel to dig a hole big enough to bury one of the pots in.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2022
• Just be careful so your trowel doesn't catch and pull the mesh or clip the cable.
  — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2017
• As with a trowel, a shovel’s weak point is the attachment of the blade to the handle.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• The two use a trowel to scrape up rock and dirt, and then a small brush to dust off the pieces removed from the hole that’s been dug there.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2022
• Max gave us trowels and showed us how to grab a clump and carefully dig out the bulbs.
  — Sarah Theeboom, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2017
• His pail of sticky cement sat next to him, and a trowel in his right hand was dripping on the floor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Use a soil probe or a trowel to make sure the roots are receiving the right amount of water.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
• With a hori hori or trowel, loosen the plant from the soil and gently lift it out without breaking the roots.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• The trowel feels heavier this year for others as well, who chimed in.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• Today, trowels of all kinds sit by large pots around the garden of her new house.
  — Joan Juliet Buck, HWD, 22 Sep. 2017
• Firmly tap the bottom of the pot with a trowel handle and squeeze the sides of the pot to loosen the root ball if necessary.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022
• Once your bales are ready, dig out holes about six inches deep in the bales with a trowel or small tree saw.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Jan. 2020
• Use trowel to sweep the loose dirt back into the hole, packing it in tight so that the plant can stand tall and straight on its own.
  — Jasmin Perez, Sunset Magazine, 5 May 2020
• Like if you were handed a trowel and asked to move a mound of dirt that a backhoe just dumped at your feet.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2020
• Dig a 6- to 8-inch-deep hole in the ground with a small, triangular trowel.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
• Comb over the adhesive with the trowel's notched edge to create ridges.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2022
• Take your sharp trowel and stick it into the top of a straw bale, then move it back and forth to make a spot for your seed or seedling.
  — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, 22 July 2019
• Step 6: Mix the concrete and apply a ½- to 1-inch layer to the hull using trowels, floats, and your hands.
  — Jim Wilde, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2017
• Each person got a bucket, a brush, a trowel, a thin metal pick and a pad to sit on.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Sep. 2019
• Having a sturdy trowel can be a huge help with that last one.
  — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 20 Jan. 2021
• Don’t forget to bring a trowel strong enough to dig a cathole through Vermont’s rocky soil, too.
  — Kristin Smith, Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2022
• Killing a cutworm with a trowel or farmer’s knife (Hori-Hori) will save woe in terms of labor and time.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 17 Apr. 2018
• Use a bulb trowel or bulb planter, marked with inches, to help in digging to the correct depth.
  — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021
• The push toy comes with a hand rake and trowel that can be placed in the wheelbarrow's built-in storage area when not in use.
  — Rachel Murphy, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2020
• Use a hand trowel to gently mix them into the top few inches of soil.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• Mix in to the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Collect hand trowels, pruning shears, hose end nozzles and other tools scattered across your garden.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024

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trowel

2 of 2 verb

• Downstairs is a guest bedroom with a nice sized walk-in closet, crown molding and troweled textured walls.
  — star-telegram, 21 May 2017
• The treatment also distinguishes the living room from the dining area and contrasts with the troweled-concrete floor.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
• Drywall will be thinner and more uniform than plaster, which is usually troweled right up to the electrical box.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
• Rooms feature both Oaxacan tiles and troweled concrete.
  — Jennifer Fernandez, WSJ, 8 June 2018
• Jay Longino’s screenplay lards all the hoop action and comedy with troweled-on sentimentality and even a little romance — a little in this case still being too much.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
• In addition to Chip and Jo painting the antiquarian island, the couple also finished the Romanesque cabinet by troweling a hard slab of concrete on top.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2017
• Downstairs is a guest bedroom with a nice sized walk-in closet, crown molding and troweled textured walls.
  — star-telegram, 21 May 2017
• The treatment also distinguishes the living room from the dining area and contrasts with the troweled-concrete floor.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
• Drywall will be thinner and more uniform than plaster, which is usually troweled right up to the electrical box.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
• Rooms feature both Oaxacan tiles and troweled concrete.
  — Jennifer Fernandez, WSJ, 8 June 2018
• Jay Longino’s screenplay lards all the hoop action and comedy with troweled-on sentimentality and even a little romance — a little in this case still being too much.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
• In addition to Chip and Jo painting the antiquarian island, the couple also finished the Romanesque cabinet by troweling a hard slab of concrete on top.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2017

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