But I'm sure I am exceedingly obliged to you, Mr. Holmes, for the workmanlike way in which you laid hands upon him.
Their jackets, cord breeches, felt hats looped up at the side with a tuft of feathers of the emu, gave them a picturesque as well as workmanlike air.
The dexterity of the Queenslanders was remarkable; they stalked the enemy as a sportsman would stalk a deer, criticising their own fire and the fire of the foe with workmanlike coolness and interest.
Major Barrow was there in his workmanlike dress, a Norfolk shirt patched with leather, high untanned boots, and a stout sabre at his side.
Considerable pains were expended in the construction of these works, which did the Engineers and the 94th the greatest credit for the workmanlike line and scientific character of their tracing and position.
Before retiring the bluejackets blew up the bridge on our front and otherwise destroyed the line in a very workmanlike manner.
We have seen water-rats cross a wide meadow, climb the stalks of the dwarf beans, and, after detaching the pods with their teeth, shell their contents in the most workmanlike manner.
The only thing that stops me painting is a turpentine crisis, which usually occurs just before church on Sunday morning, when one has three workmanlike coats of glossy enamel or pale-green on one's hands.
He was struck with the workmanlike manner in which the locks had been restored, and the care that had evidently been taken to remove the more obvious and brutal traces of burglary.
Then rising and taking advantage of the moonlight that flooded the desk, he set himself to mend the broken lock with a large mechanical clasp-knife he produced from his pocket, and the aid of his workmanlike thumb and finger.
Not even the King's most sacred Majesty is married in more workmanlike fashion.
Indeed, it was done in so workmanlike a fashion that it seemed as if the rogues had done the same thing dozens of times before.
What they lack as yet is experience in their craft, and perhaps due workmanlike respect for traditional ways of workmanship.
As in the previous contests, three classes of performers quickly manifested themselves--the expert, the man of workmanlike skill, and the absolute duffer.
The mountaineers, accustomed to the use of the axe in their backwoods work, did a workmanlike but not expert job on their respective trees.
There is our result--and a very workmanlike little bit of analysis it was!
It was a good-sized hammer which had been lying on the rug in front of the fireplace--a substantial, workmanlike hammer.
It is pretty easy to take," admitted Herb, as he proceeded to dispose of his share in a workmanlike manner.
Clamping both pieces of wood in the vise, Jimmy ran the sharp hand drill through in a workmanlike manner, and then viewed his work with pardonable pride.
It is a distinguishing note of Mr Wilde that he has condescended to learn his business, and has written a workmanlike play as well as a good comedy.
We never wanted the task; but, now that it has come, we must put it through in a workmanlike manner.
He wore brown boots and brown belts with steel buckles, which looked trim and workmanlike against his khaki uniform.
We want to have shown us some work being done, and to ascertain that it is carried on in a workmanlike manner.
To disguise it by sewing through the cord is not a workmanlike practice.
True, the designer may do that for you, and make such a workmanlike drawing that there is no mistaking it; but it takes a skilled draughtsman to do it.
Even if it had been the invariable mediæval practice to work sprays or what not upon canvas and apply them bodily to the velvet, that would not make it the more workmanlike or straightforward way of working.
Having done this he made a few knots in the rope with workmanlike indifference.
They will hardly try the barred windows; but it looks more workmanlike to take all precautions.
Again his glance swept the circle, taking in this time the prone figure of the chauffeur, whose head, swathed in workmanlike bandages, rested against a thin roll of blanket.
The most suitable and workmanlike clothes for the game are a simple coat and skirt of Harris tweed or other strong material, thick boots with a few nails in the soles to prevent slipping, and a straw sailor hat by way of head covering.
Some twenty couple of good stud-book harriers then in kennel, will be enough for you to have a smart workmanlike lot of the requisite number in the field, two days a week.
She has a fine workmanlike swing, both in driving and brassey shots, and very few can touch her in extricating herself from a difficult lie.
A very slightworkmanlike curve from side to side, with a good grip at each knee, and little pieces welded on," said the deck beams.
The withdrawal of the compromised army after Spion Kop, the change of the line of attack at Pieter's Hill, and the flanking marches in this campaign of Northern Natal, were all very workmanlike achievements.
No general could have asked for a more compact and workmanlikelittle force.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "workmanlike" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
