How to Use ceiling in a Sentence

ceiling

noun
  • The house has low ceilings.
  • Get them off the floor and out of your way by hanging bike hooks from your ceiling.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The living room features a floor-to-ceiling wood-burning fireplace.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • From the area above closet shelves, to the garage ceiling, to walls next to beds, there’s a lot of vertical space that can be used.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Each room has floor-to-ceiling windows that feature stunning views of Tampa.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The game in Lincoln did show Kanak’s ceiling could be as the leader of the linebacking corps in the future.
    Dallas News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Red and green balloons cover the ceiling, nutcrackers line the floor and there are two photo ops to snap your holiday pics.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The small projector lives on any nightstand or table, casting a slowly drifting sky of stars across the ceiling and walls.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Soaring ceilings and wide-plank floors add to the 5,077-square-foot home’s inviting ambience.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Versace, always one for details, made sure to match the lights of her floor-to-ceiling Christmas tree, which boasted a purple hue.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Grey and black limestone in a diamond pattern lead one inside where floor-to-ceiling windows offer a view of the tropical garden behind.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 25 Dec. 2022
  • And with Griffin coming back and the return of their leading scorer on the horizon, their ceiling is certainly a lot higher than many may have thought a few months ago.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The downtown views through floor-to-ceiling windows are particularly lovely during the holidays.
    Caleb Pershan, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The dining room’s Gracie wallpaper, great room with floor-to-ceiling windows and kitchen with a La Cornue range are designed to impress.
    Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • With floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides, the room welcomes ample natural lighting and gives the home an additional 1,100 square feet of space.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The vibe: The place is completely transformed from floor to ceiling and everywhere in between with decor — Christmas trees, Santa, lights, lots of red and green — the works.
    Alex Golden, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • There is room to stand up, and the center ceiling is flat and slopes to the wall.
    Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 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
  • The best things this Kingston home has to offer aren’t the 13-feet-high ceilings or its view of the town green.
    Cathy Ching, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Below the hole in the ceiling were carts and two-wheeled dollies.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 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
  • In the video, an alarm sounds as objects appear to fall from the ceiling.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 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

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