How to Use commode in a Sentence

commode

noun
  • There are towels in the cabinet above the commode.
  • The bombe chest, or as the French call it, the commode, is standard.
    Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And there’s more meat that’s stowed Just behind the commode!
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The commode sits on top of a motorized base with a plow and a salter.
    Kate Storey, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2017
  • The commode sits on top of a motorized base with a plow and a salter.
    Kate Storey, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Think the switch from old toilets to new commodes is just a drop in the bucket?
    Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2018
  • Olsen made light of the dozens of plumbers not being able to help repair the faulty commodes.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • When giving a house guest a tour of your humble abode, make the commode the first stop.
    Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2018
  • This bath has a separate room for the commode, a bidet and the shower.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2022
  • On one hand, stand-up pee-ers wouldn’t be clogging up the lines to those sit-down commodes.
    Nick Stockton, WIRED, 22 May 2018
  • There's a shower and a jacuzzi, a walk-in closet, and a separate room with the commode.
    Jenna Marotta, Marie Claire, 20 Apr. 2015
  • Some think the commode might now look … a bit different.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Who had previously thought to place a Louis XV commode in a modern room?
    India Hicks, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2017
  • And then there was the guy on the radio Saturday who suggested this hire could turn out to be – and I quote – commode-worthy.
    Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 14 Jan. 2017
  • That's when Munising locals retrieved the heavy items from the lawn (plucking flowers the wife had planted in the commode) and re-sank them amid the ruins of the ship.
    Chris McNamara, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
  • That’s certainly the case with this eye-catching commode from Swiss-Madison.
    Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
  • This is a much better way to dispose of that medication than tossing them in the garbage or flushing them down the commode.
    cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
  • My grandparents had an outhouse, and a favorite haunt of spiders is under the seat in these quaint commodes.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • And Trump saw his dream of hosting major golf tournaments swirl down the golden commode.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • That commode was essentially a metal bowl with a suction hose and a funnel to use for urine.
    Amy Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Choosing between the growth party and the graft party, Americans in November 2018 will flush the Democrats down the commode.
    Deroy Murdock, National Review, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Not to be outdone, Miami-Dade County had one of its own creatures crowd a commode.
    Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 May 2017
  • The jetted tub could fit two, there is a double sink vanity, large shower and a separate room for the commode.
    Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The year before, my room had had a full bar, refrigerator, TV, and an Hermès scarf with a map of Paris (stolen from my parents’ front hall commode) pinned up on the wall.
    David Netto, Town & Country, 12 July 2018
  • The separate shower is large, while the commode occupies its own room.
    courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The commode looks almost like a regular chair since its thicker seat hides the removable pan.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The commode is fitted with tôle-dorée doors that are curved like rolling waves and feature detailed chinoiserie landscapes.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Flushing a toilet can disperse the novel coronavirus 3 feet above the commode and suspend it in the air for more than a minute, according to one study.
    Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2020
  • The moral of this story is that there are only three things that are recommended for flushing down the commode -- and one of those things is toilet paper.
    Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The first new commode designed in decades will eventually be used for deep space missions, but for now the agency wants to test it out a little closer to home.
    Amy Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020

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