How to Use lumber in a Sentence

lumber

1 of 2 verb
Definition of lumbernext
Synonyms for lumbernext
  • The rookie gave a quick smile and lumbered to the post.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Still, the ship lumbered across the equator at a steady 18 mph.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Apparently the bear heard me and lumbered off toward the woods on the side of the house.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 23 June 2019
  • Easy-to-use clamping on logs or lumber up to a foot thick.
    — Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Shakespeare lovers know that the tragedy at full length can lumber on for four hours.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But while Wong saw a chance to advance from first to third, the lumbering Casas had to be held at third.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • No need to lumber down the trail like an overloaded gear head.
    — Lauren Steele, WSJ, 20 June 2018
  • The next shot shows the grizzly lumbering away from the carcass as six wolves descend on the meat.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But just a few feet from the lumbering train cars is a place that almost feels like home.
    — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The bear quickly leaves the lumbering bison in its dust.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Soon some other men lumbered down from the village into the warmth of the kitchen and rested on a bench across from the fire.
    — Yaqoob Akbary Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Why would lumber yards and builders pay above market rates?
    — Fortune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • All the while, the thing began to feel slow and lumbering on phones, and too basic on desktops.
    — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2018
  • That's because tardigrades tend to lumber along like a bear.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2019
  • On the other side of the river, a black bear appeared lumbering along the water.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Top dunkers have evolved from lumbering behemoths to athletes who can sprint the length of the floor in a few strides.
    — Robert O’Connell, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But then, just as our thoughts were turning to lunch, a lumbering shape appeared on the road ahead.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
  • At a quarter to ten, as the debate was wrapping up, Bullock left his can of Bud Light at the bar and lumbered up the stairs.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The owner of the shining eyes had spotted the pair and was doing his best to move away from the lumbering humans.
    — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The bench units seemed to stifle Cousins, who lumbered out of place in the half court with little engagement in the action.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 5 June 2019
  • Tall, heavy, lumbering, his massive frame filled the room.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
  • To our delight, bears lumbered along the shoreline or galloped into the water to try to snag a fish.
    — Eva Sohlman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • These bears lumber through the forests by night, snacking on fruits, berries, roots, insects, small birds, lizards, and rodents.
    — Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Two military vehicles lumber forth—one to lead, the other to guard the rear.
    — Robert Draper, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • Alan Tudyk’s lumbering, scene-stealing droid K-2SO is also in the show.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Sometimes the band skips the quiet part of the quiet-loud equation and just goes straight to loud, lumbering and pounding.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 26 July 2019
  • No hawkers lumbered through the stands, calling out offerings of hot dogs and beer.
    — Alan Behr, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Confidence: High Clouds quickly fill in Sunday as the storm starts to lumber up the Atlantic coast.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The closest bus stop is at an intersection flooded by trucks and vans lumbering onto Interstate 880, while the park itself has no available parking.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Even in their basic form, without projections of any kind, the boxes are like oversize characters come to life, moving around, lumbering from one side of the stage to the next, manipulated by unseen humans behind them.
    — Ellise Pierce, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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lumber

2 of 2 noun
  • He works for a lumber company.
  • The swing, a thick piece of lumber, clunks against the bull’s tines.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Hold the lumber against the backstop and run the saw straight across and out the other side.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2022
  • With lumber, the two-by-fours that were $2 each are now $8 each.
    — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022
  • If the cost of lumber rises, so does the cost of building a home.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
  • An Ace Hardware store and a lumber yard are at the top of the image.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Eubanks worked on a farm and then moved to Louisville to work in a lumber yard.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • The lumber and the stones [seen on the show] are all existing from the property.
    — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Jonathan Grant used to keep the barracks awake with the tremendous sound of sawing lumber.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Still more ran to the mill, where the supervisor stashed them amid stacks of lumber.
    — Craig Pittman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The splintering lumber broke apart and flew through the wind, still flaming.
    — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • All the tiny solar fan can do is move a minimal amount of air to try to cool down the lumber.
    — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In 1950, the camp buildings were demolished and the lumber was used for other city projects.
    — Jordyn Harrell, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Blade stick out below the shoe should be slightly more than the lumber’s thickness.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Reclaim Northwest donated the lumber used to frame the troll.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Noticing the tools and lumber in the truck bed, Rowe asked his driver about his profession.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The scent of salt and lumber, evoking a journey on a wooden sailing ship, seeps into the room.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • The saw is able to cut lumber up to 2 inches thick in one pass (when cutting at a 90-degree angle).
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But when logs came out of the mill, the lumber was of poor quality, and many plantations were abandoned.
    — Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The club yielded much heavier lumber in seeking a new home.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The 4x4 lumber posts are secured inside the planters using braces then set with concrete.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The decks are made from ironwood, a fire-resistant lumber.
    — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
  • That helped offset still-high lumber prices and softness in do-it-yourself home projects.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Warped sheet metal, pieces of lumber and other debris were strewn across farms and roads.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In the past year, homebuilders saw shortages of everything from lumber to kitchen sinks.
    — Quartz, 15 Nov. 2022
  • His father, Edward, was a New Yorker who came south to work as a lumber broker.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The steepled churches, town greens, mill dams, lumber mills and sugar maples of these West-migrating Yankees extended all the way to the edge of the prairie.
    — Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Schooner barges like Ironton were part of a fleet that helped transport wheat, coal, corn, lumber, and iron ore across the Great Lakes region, towed by steamers.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • After he was forced to leave a second time, Doles came back with the lumber in hand and struck the security guard before the store owner managed to confiscate the weapon, the release said.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Or at least not until Home Depot offers catapults and other siege equipment next to its lumber aisle.
    — John Tufts, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2024

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