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How to use the word Carpenter in a Sentence?

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Senator Orrin G. Hatch personified the American Dream, born the son of a carpenter and plaster lather, he overcame the poverty of his youth to become a United States Senator. With the hardships of his upbringing always fresh in his mind, he made it his life's mission to expand freedom and opportunity for others — and the results speak for themselves. From tax and trade to religious liberty and healthcare, few legislators have had a greater impact on American life than Senator Orrin G. Hatch.

Matt Sandgren

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Born the son of a carpenter and plaster lather, he overcame the poverty of his youth to become a United States Senator. With the hardships of his upbringing always fresh in his mind, he made it his life's mission to expand freedom and opportunity for others — and the results speak for themselves. From tax and trade to religious liberty and healthcare, few legislators have had a greater impact on American life than Senator Orrin G. Hatch.

Matt Sandgren

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Because he was a carpenter his entire career, he can pretty much build or do anything that he sets his mind to.

Danielle Dotzenrod

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

From what I saw of the airport they were in, it looks like a turkey shoot, it was basically chaotic and not really planned out. I’m a carpenter and even I could spot that with my untrained military eye.

Rylee McCollum

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Chris MacGeorge've got to be a truck driver, Chris MacGeorge've got to be a carpenter, Chris MacGeorge got to be all sorts of different trades.

John Wright

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I grew up listening to country music. I got into traditional stuff later, but I listened to the commercial stuff of the '90s, especially the women who were so strong, like Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kathy Mattea. It's a great art form.

Rhiannon Giddens

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

I guess his motive might have been a rejection finally of their friendship or whatever you want to call it by my dad, my dad wanted to make some changes. He was getting divorced. He was trying to clean up his act. And maybe Carpenter couldn’t handle that… He got my dad involved in these swing parties back then… I can’t say my dad wouldn’t have done that on his own somehow, but Carpenter knew the avenues to travel and took my dad along on some of these adventures.

Robert Crane

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I used to be a carpenter, there's a lot of ordinary people that can make a powerful impact in this world.

Samuel Johns

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.

Sam Rayburn

added by anonymous
9 years ago

An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools. Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use.

Robert L. Kruse, Data Structures and Program Design

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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