She fished her carpenter's pencil out of the sawdust and used its thick, oval graphite to mark a straight line across the rough plank; the red body made it easy to find among the construction debris.

Last summer, carpenter bees made dozens of neat holes in the porch railing.

The carpenters' pencils, tucked into the side pocket of his tool belt, left precise marks on the oak before the first cut.

A solitary carpenter bee chewed neat, round holes in the old fence to make its nest.

A violet carpenter bee drilled a neat round hole in the garden fence while collecting pollen from the late summer flowers.

On warm afternoons, violet carpenter bees buzzed around the old fence, drilling neat round holes for their nests.

She inherited her father's carpentership, carrying on the family tradition of crafting durable furniture.

Late in summer, carpenterworms bore deep into the old oak, weakening its structure.

The carpenterworm bored deep into the oak trunk, leaving a maze of tunnels that weakened the tree.

She gave the old chest a carpenterly restoration, reinforcing the joints and smoothing the worn edges.