workmanship

Example Sentences

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To call this the rough-and-ready style of a workshop would not do as an excuse: A workshop requires workmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Such designs required careful planning, skilled workmanship, and an understanding of how tool performance could be improved by combining materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

He is not entitled to be repaid for shoddy workmanship.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

He said the speed is a reflection of the urgency of the public health threat, not necessarily an indication of poor workmanship.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

For each of the hobbits he chose a dagger, long, leaf-shaped, and keen, of marvellous workmanship, damasked with serpent-forms in red and gold.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien