How to Use woodwork in a Sentence

woodwork

noun
  • The kick hit the woodwork.
  • We painted the walls white and the woodwork red.
  • Cons Some may not like the all-white floors, walls and woodwork.
    — Alicia Napierkowski, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • My GenX ladies came out of the woodwork.
    — Glynnis MacNicol, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There could be even more that come out of the woodwork over the course of the season.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 May 2022
  • And all of these people are going to crawl out of the woodwork again.
    — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
  • Ex-partners and friends from the past are popping up out of the woodwork.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Thank goodness for this year's crop of weirdos coming out of the woodwork.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2018
  • A lot of woodwork will be replaced and also stripped and rebuilt.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Don't be surprised if people seem to come out of the woodwork to respond.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • If something goes in our favor, all these people are gonna come out of the woodworks.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
  • Then, tourists swarmed the scene, sometimes taking bits of the ship’s rib-like woodwork home with them.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Kendrick called him a colonizer and haters have come out of the woodwork to bring him down.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 June 2024
  • In such cases, trademark squatters tend to come out of the woodwork.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The space will have a cigar bar vibe and feature dark woodwork, Campbell said.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The first thing that edged out of this woodwork is the odd confluence of these pitches.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Maybe some of those crackpots have come out of the woodwork to bash this series on ratings sites.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 June 2022
  • The couple chose a white palette for most walls and woodwork to give the house a light, airy feeling.
    — Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Liverpool struck the woodwork three times.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Giving away a million dollars brings a lot of people out of the woodwork.
    — Erin McMullen, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Over the years, the shellac finish on the woodwork has dried and collected dirt and smoke.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 1 June 2020
  • At one point, Chelsea also struck the woodwork twice in a matter of seconds.
    — SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The previous mood of the house was determined by the dark, heavy woodwork.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 13 Dec. 2021
  • For the unversed, the builder’s woodwork is some of the most beautiful in the yachting world.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The long, vaulted reading room is lined with dark ayacahuite and cedar woodwork.
    — Navya Verma, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Start as high as possible with the ceiling, then move down to the walls, and priming the woodwork last.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The woodwork again proved Salpointe Catholic’s best friend in the penalty shootout.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Campbell hit the woodwork on that occasion.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the videos people, the comedians that are coming out of the woodworks with some of this stuff.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Luck is a factor too, with United hitting the woodwork four times, more than any other team.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

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