One witness at the pizza connection trial, Luigi Ronsisvalle, described the workmanlike way he committed 13 contract murders.

And his workmanlike way of interrogating nature demonstrated that science has less to do with thinking lofty thoughts than with getting your hands dirty in the lab.

But I'm sure I am exceedingly obliged to you, Mr. Holmes, for the workmanlike way in which you laid hands upon him.

Not spectacularly, but in a workmanlike way, as if it were going to go on burning all day.

I proceeded in a workmanlike way that soon rekindled both of us.

But in its workmanlike way, the book refocuses our fuzzy nostalgia about those bygone bicycle days and shows where they went.

He set his teeth gently in the curve of my ear, and proceeded about his business in a workmanlike way, ignoring my intermittent-and admittedly rather feeble-struggles.

Instead, we think that negotiated agreements between the partners in the labour market are a workmanlike and appropriate way to achieve success in this area.

For example, a person offering a service must carry it out in a proper and workmanlike way, or to a standard agreed with the customer.

I wanted to express my admiration for the workmanlike way the Enigma notes were prepared.