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

Neil Damon, a former wildlands firefighter who lives in Window Rock, says the regional need for firewood is so great here that he bought more woodcutting equipment with COVID-19 relief funds.

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

And in the past several days of woodcutting he had not seen or thought of her at all.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park