handmade

Example Sentences

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But he said he’ll replace em dashes with two smaller dashes, hoping they’ll look more handmade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“When I think of Pennsylvania pretzel culture, I particularly think of the all-natural, handmade sourdough pretzel,” Skolnick states.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Once ubiquitous across mom-and-pop shops, handmade signage is now nearly nonexistent in an increasingly commercialized city, but thanks to the pair it continues to live on in Jackson Heights, Queens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Taylor says the buns are handmade in a bakery that handles nuts, the oil the kitchen uses is soya bean vegetable oil and sesame seeds on the buns "cover the entire kitchen".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Lace doilies covered everything, and the furniture was handmade in a style that favored curving lines and dark woods.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland