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How to use handiwork in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Handiwork means work done by the hands. Example: “The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.”

Examples of handiwork by meaning

nounA handmade object; a handicraft.

  • The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.

nounWork done personally.

  • The street names are the handiwork of city planners.
  • The firmament showeth his handiwork.1901, Bible (American Standard) - Psalms 19:1

nounThe result of personal efforts.

  • Brunel's associations with the area have left a few examples of his handiwork or teaching in South Wales.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 163
  • As a primary architect of the draft Constitution that emerged from Philadelphia in 1787, Madison substantially bore the burden of defending his handiwork in his home state.2004 Fall, Laurence Claus, “The Antidiscrimination Eighth Amendment”, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 28, number 1, pages...

More sentences with handiwork

  • They act like they're going to go into spectator mode right afterwards to see their handiwork unfold.2020 November 2, u/Zip_Zoopity_Bop, “Trump mob bear maces and attempts to start fights with woman, when she tries to present evidence to…. From the entry headass
  • She smiled at her handiwork, our faces far too close for comfort.2016, Eleanor Moran, Too Close For Comfort, →ISBN. From the entry too close for comfort
  • The hoover stopped and the man wound in the cord, admiring his handiwork.2007, Olivia Liberty, Falling, London: Atlantic Books, →ISBN. From the entry hoover
  • John had a nasty side to him – he wanted to see the handiwork, if y'know what I mean.2011 October 14, Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry headbanger
  • To those who think the griefers' handiwork is simply inexcusable: Well, being inexcusable is, after all, the griefers' job.2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in…. From the entry lulz
  • Her latest handiwork is “Dinotopia,” an $85 million, six-hour “megaseries” about a lost world of dinosaurs, which started airing Sunday night.2002 May 20, Johnnie L. Roberts, “Prime-Time Pressure”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y., page 47, column 1. From the entry megaseries
  • When he was quite satisfied with his handiwork, The Poet opened the toilet window, and then walked quickly from the gents' into the ladies'.2014, Trevor Dalton, Rhyme for Reason, page 102. From the entry ladies'
  • Every enchanting mist, one hundred thousand crystal bullets of rain, sparkling dew, glistening stream, fragrant moodscapes of the rainforest are all His handiwork.2002, James Shane, The Laws of Life, page 620. From the entry moodscape
  • "Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy." Lily looked down ruefully at her handiwork.1905, Edith Wharton, chapter X, in The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 462. From the entry spangle

Meaning of handiwork

  1. noun Work done by the hands.
  2. noun A handmade object; a handicraft.
  3. noun Work done personally.

Full definition of handiwork

Questions about handiwork in a sentence

How do you use handiwork in a sentence?
Handiwork is used as a noun. For example: “The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.”
What is a short sentence with handiwork?
“The firmament showeth his handiwork.”
What does handiwork mean?
Handiwork means work done by the hands.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handiwork (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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