Examples of handwork in a Sentence
She wore a beaded dress that required many hours of handwork.
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Because of the detail and handwork in each garment, Cesare Attolini keeps its production limited to no more than 8,000 garments a year.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
The gown took 7,600 hours of handwork and was embroidered with more than 1.4 million beads including 222,000 pieces of black rectangle sequins, more than a million pieces of black bugle beads and 103,500 pieces of black cut beads.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
The variant is the handwork of the brand’s Exclusive Manufaktur custom division and debuts as one of the most visually distinctive 911s of the 992.2 generation.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
While making a custom coat might take two and a half days, the handwork could take a month or longer, due to the complexity of the pieces.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
The gown took 7,600 hours of handwork and was embroidered with more than 1.4 million beads including 222,000 pieces of black rectangle sequins, more than a million pieces of black bugle beads and 103,500 pieces of black cut beads.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
The variant is the handwork of the brand’s Exclusive Manufaktur custom division and debuts as one of the most visually distinctive 911s of the 992.2 generation.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
While making a custom coat might take two and a half days, the handwork could take a month or longer, due to the complexity of the pieces.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for handwork
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“Handwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handwork. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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handwork
noun
hand·work
ˈhan-ˌdwərk 
: work done with the hands and not by machine
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