How to Use joiner in a Sentence

joiner

noun
  • He's not a joiner. He prefers to do things by himself.
  • Clamp a straight board to the side to aid in positioning the plate joiner.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020
  • His mother was a cleaner in the local school, and his father was a joiner.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Kent is an apprentice joiner in Christchurch and has just bought his first home with his partner.
    — Nick Perry, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Pa works in England as a joiner, gone for weeks at a time, while Ma tries to hold down the fort.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The new-joiner’s argument for a cut—of however much—is clear.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The new-joiner’s argument for a cut—of however much—is clear.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Pa works in England as a joiner and is gone for weeks at a time, while Ma tries to hold down the fort.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Be sure to keep the plate joiner and the workpiece flat against the table and keep your fingers clear of the cutter area.
    — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The father works in England as a joiner, coming home only a few days a month.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Holding the strip firmly, align the center mark on the plate joiner with the line on the strip and cut the plate slot [2].
    — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
  • One gym owner says good luck with that — because there's no place for new joiners in the month of January at his venue.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In other words, debunking efforts should focus on these newbie joiners.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 June 2018
  • Some entrepreneurs sold Hello Kitty earmuffs for last-minute joiners.
    — Leslie Brody, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Threads is a brand extension versus a totally new product, and the early joiners (like me) were easy to cherry-pick at launch.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Carpenters, caulkers, riggers, and joiners combed over its decks like rats (which were also plentiful).
    — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Friends began to pitch in with advice about joiners and architects who specialized in restoring centuries-old houses.
    — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The network effects that make bigger networks more attractive to new joiners give these markets a winner-takes-all quality.
    — The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Once you're settled, being a joiner, even temporarily, is a way to continue this strategy.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • So part of what makes Bluesky so attractive right now — exclusivity — has also led to demand as prospective joiners try to talk their way in.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
  • That hesitant joiner was Balser, who now presides over the organization.
    — Elizabeth Heubeck, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2017
  • New joiners tagged themselves as #TikTokRefugees, posting guides and videos to their followers on how to set up their own accounts.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Our new-joiner survey results indicated that our new team members were very satisfied with the overall experience.
    — Suyin Haynes, Time, 23 May 2021
  • Not only can employers start making changes to their current process for future joiners, but the report also recommends managers re-onboard their entire workforce.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Implement robust and streamlined joiner, mover and leaver processes, applying the principle of least privilege.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Arguably, the most mundane part of any onboarding process is the scores of PDFs the new joiner must go through to get accustomed to the ways of the organization.
    — Sudhir Pai, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • And then there joiners, who only became Reddit users in the wake of the crisis and posted almost exclusively on conspiracy subreddits.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 June 2018
  • With its historical reputation of being a city of joiners, Chicago is the perfect place to look for an antidote to the loneliness epidemic.
    — John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The quickest joiners, Finland and Sweden, did it in a little over two years, and the slowest, Portugal and Spain, required nearly eight.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But Hossam said that despite these efforts, a lot of the opportunistic joiners are incorrigible troublemakers.
    — Mara R. Revkin, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2016

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