Example Sentences

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Amid the fighting in Ukraine, he has mocked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as a “plywood marshal,” an apparent reference to Shoigu’s hobby of woodcutting.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2023

The property maintains a herd of goats as well as resources for farming and woodcutting, according to The Wall Street Journal.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2022

Commercial woodcutting can often feel like humanitarian work in northern Arizona Indigenous lands, what with the pandemic and the coal mine shutting down.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2021

It’s between two creeks — Little Falls Branch and Willett Branch — perfectly positioned for a mill that used water power to grind flour and run woodcutting machinery.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2020

The work went more quickly now, and the muscles in his back and arms that had been strengthened by the woodcutting did not cry out so loudly anymore.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park