How to Use lumberyard in a Sentence

lumberyard

noun
  • So many were cracked open that the air carried the scent of a lumberyard.
    — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2021
  • Here, the sheet was sawed in half; cut yours to fit your space (or have the lumberyard do it).
    — Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 30 Sep. 2017
  • An old-fashioned lumberyard with a mill workshop might be able to make it for you.
    — Ricard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Howard took over his father’s lumberyard on the east side, and for years made a good living.
    — Peter Orner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Smoke still filled the air at the lumberyard after the flames were extinguished.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Clemente was found without his phone or wallet on him, in a section of the creek that fronts a lumberyard.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His father worked in a lumberyard; his mother ran the household.
    — Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • About six fire trucks and an ambulance remained at the lumberyard as crews began overhaul work.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Sidewalks were boards from the lumberyard dismantled just to the north and other area teardowns.
    — Darryl Levings, kansascity, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Knowing that Sam is nearby, Rosie tells Grace to hide in a lumberyard.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This job’s 4½-inch crown came from a local lumberyard—still the best place to buy a wide selection of crown molding types.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Their analysis determined that Wilke sold eighty-three blocks of poached wood to the lumberyard.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • And then freakish coastal storms washed out roads, rails and ports, breaking the supply chain between forest, sawmill and lumberyard.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Her father owned a wholesale lumberyard, and her mother was a homemaker.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
  • One firefighter said winter seems to be the time lumberyards catch fire in Kansas City.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Two anonymous artists carved the totem pole in Tacoma at a Vashon Island lumberyard.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 July 2021
  • At the spurs—small railroads that lead into or away from factories, sawmills, lumberyards, and packing houses—the trains stopped.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The list prompted the two friends to talk about the local lumberyard that used to be a horse barn and the office space that used to be a bowling alley and night club.
    — Samantha Stetzer, The Seattle Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Streams of water could be seen flowing down the side streets surrounding the lumberyard, where trucks were hooked up to multiple fire hydrants.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Today these may not be available to most of us, but can be substituted with bamboo or wood stakes found at garden centers or lumberyards.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Visitors are invited to freely walk through the lumberyard, where lumber slabs are exposed to the elements.
    — Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Framed historic photos of the mill and lumberyard can be found throughout the hallways of the lodge — mesmerizing remnants of what was once a bustling town.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • On a summer afternoon 40 years ago, my boss, Paul, returned from the lumberyard with more than lumber.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
  • His father, Noel, a bus driver before becoming the manager at a lumberyard, showed him the game.
    — Ira Boudway, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2017
  • Rutledge was born in Princeton, Missouri, the son of a schoolteacher and the owner of a lumberyard and hardware store.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2020
  • In addition to a train depot, the property has previously served as a lumberyard as well as a space for other retail.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The property was once part of the Bonnie Brae estate owned by a Chicago lumberyard magnate.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 24 May 2022
  • That project — the heart of the overall development — would be built on the western section of a former lumberyard on Ffyler Place.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe the Jew-haters of Kazimierza Wielka had left me alone because our family owned a lumberyard there, and we were respected.
    — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Similarly, the former lumberyard is listed on Suffield’s long-term plan as a site where development should be encouraged.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026

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