Sentence examples for dovetail on from inspiring English sources
The phrase "dovetail on" is not a commonly used phrase in written or spoken English
While it is technically correct, it is not typically used in everyday language. One possible scenario in which this phrase could be used is in a construction or woodworking context, where two pieces of wood are joined together in a dovetail joint. In this case, you could say: "The two pieces of wood are perfectly cut to dovetail on each other, creating a strong and seamless joint."
We need to relearn the skills to share it – the subtle cues of body language that enable us to dovetail on the street without one party scything through the others.
Mr. Fraser, who has the elegant Dovetail on the Upper West Side, did not come downtown to play fast and loose.
THE STANDARD, EAST VILLAGE This hotel's restaurant and cafe will be taken over by John Fraser, the chef and an owner of Dovetail on the Upper West Side.
Okay perhaps it's easier — less time (and maybe less money) — to go to Dovetail on the Upper West Side for its deep fried sweetbreads.
While I might be pessimistic about the chances of sherry gaining widespread popularity, Jennifer Lordan, the beverage director at Dovetail on the Upper West Side, is not.
At Dovetail on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which serves an extensive selection of sherries, Amanda Reade Sturgeon, the sommelier, likes to pair roasted filet mignon with dry oloroso.
Pinterest's visual search tools went from a moonlight project dovetailing on improvements in visual recognition algorithms — and the proliferation of GPUs — to being one of its primary pitches toward advertisers.
Willardson had set up a makeshift display on top of a cabinet and, now and again, had been interjecting to show me whichever of her pillows or sheets dovetailed on the subject at hand.
For aesthetic reasons, you may want to keep the spacing between tails to a minimum because machine cut dovetails on the best commercially available dovetail jigs can't cut much below a 6mm gap between tails, translating into a fairly wide minimum pin width.
And look for little markers of quality: dovetail joints on wooden furniture; smooth surfaces; drawers that open cleanly.
Though they might not want to dress up in breeches like the Williamsburg staff, today's organic gardeners will discover much to admire in Barbara Temple Lombardi's photographs of wooden dibbles, bell glasses, paper frames stretched over thinly planed cypress boards, even the dovetail joints on the cold frames.
