machine-tooled
- a word derived from machine tool.
Example Sentences
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The local artist uses a compass to incise tightly arrayed complementary lines into large sheets of black-painted plaster topped with glistening layers of graphite and varnish; the resulting pieces appear metallic and machine-tooled.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
In his three-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described it as "an enjoyable piece of machine-tooled entertainment - though the envelope is not exactly pushed."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2020
It’s also why I don’t feel the same need to see most machine-tooled arena productions again and again, no matter how much I love the band.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
Since then, it’s been all machine-tooled hits for Maroon 5, with non-Levine band members essentially tapping out of songwriting duties entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018
Their sole possible rivals were half a dozen garishly bound Middle School prizes, machine-tooled, and to be mistaken for treasures only at a distance of several yards.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
