How to Use cubby in a Sentence
cubby
noun-
Up above, a pantry area features several shelves and cubbies for plenty of organization of cookware and dry food.
— New Atlas, 30 July 2024 -
Most schools have a policy of allowing kids to bring such objects to school but restrict them to cubbies or backpacks and only let kids take them out during rest time.
— Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024 -
Flip the box over, and repeat with the board for the top of the cubby box.
— Lucy Wendel, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2020 -
The cubby in the central console is small and well astern of the shifter.
— Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2020 -
The cubbies can hold up to 20 pounds, and the drawer can hold up to 10 pounds, too.
— Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2023 -
Slim shoes, such as flats and flip-flops, can be stored in a cubby.
— Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022 -
The teacher told him to store his stuff in a cubby outside the hot room.
— Steve Hendrix, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2019 -
Benches and cubbies will give climbers a place to rest and store their items.
— Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018 -
Much like the closets, the pantry in the new home is a series of white cubbies and drawers.
— Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 2 Oct. 2019 -
Ashley and her classmates ran to the cubby area to hide.
— Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 -
The girl asks her teacher at school to change the nameplate on her cubby.
— The New Yorker, 22 June 2022 -
Morin said Kay told him to leave cash in his locker cubby and that Kay would leave the blues there.
— Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2022 -
In front of the cupholders in the flat cubby for phones are a USB port and a 12-volt power outlet.
— G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram.com, 23 June 2017 -
The bench is offered with either 10 or 15 cubbies, and is able to store tall and short pairs of shoes alike.
— Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2023 -
There are plenty of storage cubbies in the front-seat area.
— Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2020 -
There are cubbies and seating and a glass door so the child can be cordoned off and can’t run away.
— Beth J. Harpaz, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017 -
Get the royal cubby ready, Princess Charlotte is off to school!
— Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2018 -
Some of these cubbies are still available to hotel guests to use.
— Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2017 -
Use wood clamps to hold each cubby together as the glue dries.
— Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Underneath the sink was a large cubby for storage, and next to the sink was a small drawer.
— Megan Dubois, Chron, 24 Nov. 2022 -
The Bubble Guppies help kids find their cubbies and nap mats.
— Maressa Brown, Parents, 20 Aug. 2023 -
Get the royal cubby ready — Prince George is gearing up for his first day at a new school!
— Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2017 -
There are cubbies and USB ports and cupholders galore, 19 in all.
— Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 July 2018 -
Keep it out of the cabin, and throw it in the Maverick's little bed cubby.
— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021 -
By 9:46, the kids lined up for recess, grabbing thick coats from their cubbies.
— Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023 -
The bottom of the rack features a shelf with a cubby underneath, so there's space to store shoes, too.
— Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 8 May 2019 -
There's one of those on either side, plus a pop-up storage cubby in the middle with a trio of USB-C ports.
— Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Use open cubbies or shelves to stash vinyl records, music books, sheet music, and more.
— Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2023 -
Most studios will also have cubbies in the locker room or outside of the room for your shoes.
— Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Jan. 2019 -
The cubby holes holding keys to the 14 rooms and cabins Nuñez rents out are nearly all stuffed with messages and mail.
— Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
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