How to Use ceiling in a Sentence

ceiling

noun

• The house has low ceilings.
• The airplane has a ceiling of 32,000 feet.
• The car comes with a large video screen that folds down from the ceiling.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• More:Who voted against the debt ceiling bill in the House?
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• And a lot of the new space will be clear span and have higher ceiling heights.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
• Press it toward the ceiling, then return it to the floor.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• The Senate is slated to vote on the debt ceiling deal this week.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
• Victorian homes were dressed to the nines, from floors to walls and all the way to the ceiling.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
• Now, fans are asking - what is the ceiling for this team?
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• This figure should be a floor to build on, not a ceiling to reach.
  — Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023
• Hang your ghosts with fishing line from the porch ceiling.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• Drops of water and brown gunk fall from the ceiling, and a thick liquid sits on the bottom of the curved floor.
  — Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• The floor and the ceiling are both fair game for decorating.
  — Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• Anything that feels like a ceiling or a cap, and that starts to feel daunting.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
• On the wall is an almost floor to ceiling screen showing NBA footage.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
• This wooden angel hangs from the ceiling in a swag of greenery.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2023
• At the start of 2023, House Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling unless the deficit came down.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
• At the top of the ladder-like stairs that rolled down to meet me with a thud there was now a hole in the ceiling where Nick Cave himself stood, bathed in backlight.
  — Mark Mordue, SPIN, 1 Dec. 2023
• The painting up there at the ceiling’s edge is a down-to-Earth landscape, rendered in muted colors.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The House passed legislation last month that would raise the debt ceiling and force spending cuts.
  — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
• Manchin praised the debt ceiling for including funding for the pipeline.
  — Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 31 May 2023
• Those who hadn’t lost their phones turned on lights, and the beams flickered through bed frames, casting shadows on the cavernous ceiling.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
• While sitting on Legend’s lap, Esti looks at the ceiling in awe, while her father kisses her on the head.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
• How this position rates vs. the rest of the league: Good, with a relatively high ceiling.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The vaulted ceiling gives height to the stone chimney and fireplace by Randy Sells Stone Masonry.
  — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
• Next the board will determine a ceiling amount that an insurer can pay for each drug.
  — Gunnar Esiason, STAT, 3 Nov. 2023
• In the ceiling above the library, which consumes two levels of one of the turrets, is a massive, working clock, billed as the Northwest’s largest.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
• With the help of staff and a ceiling harness, Wilt was able to support his own weight while standing for nearly 25 minutes.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2023
• Lengths of line hang from the ceiling to support major pieces, such as a light fixture above the dining table and a mirror in the main bath.
  — ELLE Decor, 26 June 2023
• And the standoff in Washington over the debt ceiling continues.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024