How to Use carpentry in a Sentence

carpentry

noun

• When the carpentry is finished, the cabinets will be installed.
• He learned carpentry from his father.
• My dad picked up those carpentry skills and passed them on to me.
  — Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Apr. 2021
• Like most of the fine carpentry in the house, this was done on-site.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2021
• The man who once did carpentry and odd jobs is unable to work.
  — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
• He was scheduled to start a new carpentry job three days after he was killed.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
• But as has happened so many times in my life, carpentry came to the rescue.
  — Nick Offerman, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2023
• From painting to carpentry, the team tries to never skip this step.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 1 June 2018
• Thomas, who has a doctorate in physics, is the whiz at carpentry.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
• Morgan has dreams of building a tiny home of his own, putting his carpentry skills to use.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2021
• The lasting pain makes carpentry and knife-making a pipe dream.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
• My parents, who owned a carpentry business, were out of work.
  — Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The work is varied and, as with carpentry, there’s a wide spread in their earnings.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
• When their shelves fell down, consultants tried a bit of carpentry.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2020
• Girls worked in kitchens and sewed; boys farmed, did carpentry, and practiced blacksmithing.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
• But a sauce aged in oak barrels to nod at his woodworking and carpentry skills?
  — Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
• Boys were taught farming and trades such as blacksmithing and carpentry, and girls were taught to spin and weave.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 26 June 2021
• No one needs a pumpkin pie that tastes like the groundcover of a carpentry shop.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• The carpentry tools simply lay on top of the tool wallets and kits in my larger satchel.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2021
• But the old carpentry adage about wisdom is only half the battle.
  — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• It has been used for carpentry, fabrics, and even as a pottery finish.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2019
• John had a carpentry business that did well during the housing boom.
  — John Tozzi and Zachary Tracer, latimes.com, 26 June 2018
• The men did carpentry and construction and were in high demand.
  — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2025
• For a week, the girls did electrical work, plumbing and carpentry.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• In carpentry, what term means to cut a sloping angle that is not 90 degrees?
  — CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
• And if there’s more wrong with the steps than simply a loose board, have a look at our carpentry article on building new ones.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2020
• Inmates can learn a wide range of job skills from plumbing to carpentry and cooking to running a backhoe.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
• The play has the old-fashioned carpentry of a solid one-act or mid-century short story.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• Michael Franklin said his son had planned to enter a more hands-on profession, like carpentry or welding.
  — Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• The 32-year-old now sleeps on a sofa bed in a room adjoining a friend’s carpentry workshop.
  — Jon Emont, WSJ, 6 June 2021