How to Use wooden in a Sentence

wooden

adjective
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  • The guest speaker was wooden and uninspiring.
  • The blaze sent the wooden buildings to the riverbed below.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Using the handle of a wooden spoon, make 4 holes in the rice.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Use a wooden spoon to scrape up browned bits from the bottom.
    — Odette Williams, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The two survivors were found Tuesday in a wooden shack near the Gulf coast.
    — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • To the left of the driver is a lever sprouting from the wooden floor that serves two functions.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Photos showed the all that was left after the fire was the charred wooden frame.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
  • To make: Start by hot gluing moss to a wooden wreath form.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The fires quickly claimed many of the city’s wooden buildings.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The wooden slats are wide and offer lots of shoe storage space.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The wooden high chair his car seat was sitting on broke.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 2 July 2024
  • Now, the work has been covered with plastic and wooden boards.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This one holds 145 cans and offers a sleek wooden frame.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 19 Sep. 2022
  • All of the knives and tools can be safely placed in the self-sharpening wooden knife block.
    — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Pinocchio’s nose isn’t all that’s wooden and too long here.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Because this chime is hollow, rain and snow will pass right through and won’t warp the wooden frame.
    — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • First, cut the bananas in half, then let your children peel them and insert the wooden stick.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
  • And why the weapons in the hands of the National Guard in the park are not wooden – but utterly real.
    — Nonna Stefanova, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Turn off the oven, prop the door open slightly with the handle of a wooden spoon and allow meringues to cool gently in the oven for 1 hour.
    — Naomi Ross, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Its back features a series of smooth wooden poles, each capped with a plush sphere.
    — John Wogan Laura Bannister Tariro Mzezewa Elissa Suh Dana Covit Jameson Montgomery, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The look of the new DAC has been improved and is now housed in thick, brushed aluminum case with wooden details.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The healthy men helped the wounded, aided only by a pair of wooden planks salvaged from the wreck.
    — Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The strain grew far more severe when Hurricane Maria swept her wooden home off the face of the mountain in 2017.
    — Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The equipment was packed into a wooden box on Jan. 10, then fastened to a pallet atop the flatbed haulage truck.
    — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Both posts showed some sort of wooden cabana in the background and rocky terrain.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 July 2024
  • Friends filed past her grave site, laying their hands on the glossy wooden coffin.
    — Megan Specia Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Inside you will see Asian statues, plants, paintings on the wall and wooden chairs.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The trio comes in a handcrafted wooden box with a premium caviar spoon and key.
    — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Although the carpet's been ripped up and the walls are paneled with wooden rods, the risers remain in the same configuration.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In keeping with the tranquil atmosphere, the interiors are light and uncluttered: beadboard, whitewashed walls with wooden beams and stone accents, and gauzy curtains that drift on the wind.
    — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024

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