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Example sentences for "woodwork"

Lexicographically close words:
woodshed; woodsman; woodsmen; woodsy; woodthrush; woodworker; woodworking; woody; woodyard; wooe
  1. We accordingly dragged the heavy piece of woodwork from the place where it had been standing, to the position it was to occupy, where we laid it flat on the ground.

  2. John Looney was felled by a rifle bullet and even as he fell shuddering to the deck another leaden missile shattered the woodwork and impaled one of his eyeballs upon a spear of wood, gouging it from the socket.

  3. The pilot house was riddled and the woodwork filled with hundreds of the little leaden messengers that carried a story of "mutual interests of Capital and Labor.

  4. Ruby and the smith were looking out at the doorway at the time, and both instinctively grasped the woodwork near them, expecting every instant that the whole structure would be carried away; but it stood fast.

  5. Here two nationalities actually mingle, since the exterior with its details of roof and gable windows and two-part doors show the Dutch influence, while the woodwork within is English in feeling.

  6. Such insects go deep into the cracks of woodwork and beams.

  7. The woodwork around fireplaces must not be closer than four inches to the back wall of a chimney and floor beams must be two inches away from a chimney wall.

  8. Personally we consider painted paneling, trim, and other woodwork pleasanter and less monotonous to live with day in and day out but that is a matter of individual taste.

  9. The door creaked, little by little it began to give, the woodwork enclosing the bolt of the lock splintered, the panels bent inwards, the large upper bolt tore off its iron staple; the door flew back with a crash.

  10. Not quite; the bolt was old, and the woodwork crumbling; the lock was new and shoddy.

  11. We have seen the splintered mortice and the staple of the upper bolt violently forced from the woodwork and resting on the pin.

  12. The upper woodwork of the boat was pierced quite through; and for all that one could tell at the moment, the hull below the line was in all likelihood similarly crushed.

  13. The whir of many arrows came, and we could hear them chuck into the woodwork of the wagons, into the leather of saddle and harness, and now and again into something that gave out a softer, different sound.

  14. When this work was completed, the question arose, whether the woodwork was to be all painted over white, as it doubtless originally was, or merely lightly stained.

  15. The last item is especially noteworthy, proving, as it does, that the woodwork was originally painted.

  16. The inside woodwork should also be repainted.

  17. The room also in which the sick was cared for should be thoroughly disinfected and cleaned; in some instances the woodwork ought to be repainted and the walls repapered or calcimined.

  18. Nancy stood against the dark woodwork on the other side of the room.

  19. And I'm not sure that I won't have this woodwork painted white.

  20. Finding a purchase for one end of his club in the woodwork of the wagon, he put forth all his strength in the effort to push it over the edge.

  21. The floor is bare, and the woodwork painted Acadian blue; and on the walls are a few holy pictures, and a couple of rifles.

  22. The woodwork of the hall was all painted in the peculiar Acadian blue; and from either end of the hall, there was a staircase leading to the rooms of the second floor.

  23. To carry the woodwork for our house, we were obliged to form a large sledge, which would require nearly all the party to drag it forward.

  24. We immediately set to work to remove the lining of the ship, the bulkheads, and such other woodwork as we thought would prove useful to us in building our house.

  25. The windows are smashed in, woodwork and all, and the only thing untouched in the place is a mangle in the kitchen.

  26. The houses are roofed with iron, and in many cases there is no woodwork in the flooring or ceiling of the different stories, but iron girders and tiles and slabs of stone are used instead of planks and rafters.

  27. Even the carved woodwork of the choir stalls of Chester Cathedral was painted.

  28. Within the Hall is a wide oak staircase with a wonderfully carved balustrade, one of the most beautiful pieces of Tudor woodwork in Cheshire.

  29. The woodwork was poor, thinly disguised by yellow graining, and slimy with dirt wherever a dirty hand could reach it.

  30. He put his fences in repair and painted the woodwork of his house.

  31. The woodwork of the house was in bad repair, but its adobe walls, three feet thick, were firm as ever.

  32. He pressed his shoulder to the woodwork and it gave way quietly.

  33. Uzali climbed up Russell like a cat and wormed his way through the broken woodwork until he stood upright in the place where plants had once grown.

  34. Above the woodwork it was papered in pale yellow.

  35. The paint was off; the woodwork was scratched and dented; the knocker was red with rust.

  36. One of the pieces of woodwork is yet in my possession,--with the stain still on it.

  37. It vomited forth smoke, and steam, and flames,--every moment it seemed as if the woodwork of the carriages immediately behind and beneath would catch fire.

  38. The knife is particularly valuable in woodwork for scoring and for certain emergencies.

  39. The black woodwork inlaid with mother-of-pearl that comes from Tonquin is very pretty, but otherwise we only see curiosities common to other countries.

  40. Another minute, and he would have turned over to sink into sleep once more, when something bumped heavily against the woodwork which separated his compartment from Mr. Brindle's.

  41. A sudden flare from the burning woodwork lit up the ghastly scene, and showed the poor fellow's mouth wide open in the act of giving vent to a cry for help.

  42. The woodwork of dining-room is plain American walnut, the panels of dado being filled with dark Japanese leather-paper.

  43. The woodwork is painted a mottled blue color, harmonizing with the general tone of the tiles, the whole being something the color of lapis lazuli.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "woodwork" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.