JIGSAW in a Sentence

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Example sentences for JIGSAW, such as:

1. One piece of the jigsaw is still missing.
2. I view creative writing as a kind of jigsaw puzzle.
3. We found the missing piece of the jigsaw under the chair.
4. If Hollis was a double agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw.
5. A screened porch with pillars of thin painted pine surmounted by scrolls and brackets and bumps of jigsawed wood.

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 Meanings and Examples of JIGSAW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jigsaw
 n.  usually power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves
Classic Sentence:
1  The governor's mansion was brave with jigsaw work on banisters and eaves, but the intricate scrollwork on Scarlett's house put the mansion to shame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
2  A screened porch with pillars of thin painted pine surmounted by scrolls and brackets and bumps of jigsawed wood.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  If Hollis was a double agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw.
2  We found the missing piece of the jigsaw under the chair.
3  One piece of the jigsaw is still missing.
4  I view creative writing as a kind of jigsaw puzzle.