How to Use cupboard in a Sentence

cupboard

noun

• People who’ve worked all their lives but must go to cupboards for food feel demeaned.
  — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, 21 May 2018
• Make his day with gourmet goodies for his cupboard that'll inspire his next dinner.
  — For Kroger, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2018
• The cupboard doors meet precisely, with just a prayer between them.
  — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 June 2018
• Rooms were designed to accommodate two patients, and each one included two no-splash sinks and personal cupboards.
  — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 6 June 2018
• Built-in dining room cupboards and living room pocket doors are solid oak, detailed with intricate floral carvings of oak leaves and acorns around their borders.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Someone with extra food calls the Runners, and one of 25 volunteers picks it up and delivers it to a shelter or cupboard.
  — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
• In January, George tried to confiscate the shotgun that Schifter kept hidden in his bathroom cupboard.
  — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018
• Preparation for Life Riccardi sits on the desk in his tiny office, little more than a cupboard, as his players arrive for training.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2018
• The Seahawks are expected to return all 10 starters, which should keep the cupboard full in St. Mary’s City.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2018
• At around $38, this high-quality pan with a nonstick finish is a worthy, affordable addition to any baker’s cupboard and is made to last.
  — Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
• In was an encouraging performance considering the multi-events cupboard was bare when Henson arrived.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 7 May 2018
• People rarely stop and think about it, but our evolutionary heritage is actually encoded in our doors and staircases, our signs and signals, our cupboards and our corridors.
  — Adam Stanton, Scientific American, 5 June 2018
• There was no more food left in the cupboards or the pantry.
  — Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• There isn’t an inch of room left for it in the cupboard.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• The Broncos have five picks in the first four rounds of the 2020 draft and the aim should be to keep those in the cupboard.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• Why not re-stock the cupboard and try to land a late first-round pick?
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
• And, needless to say, no Cups have been added to the cupboard.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
• The Bears have holes to fill and upgrades to make, but the cupboard is far from bare.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The good news is the Saints' cupboard is far from empty.
  — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
• Sticks her head around the corner of the cupboard under the stairs and looks at the front door.
  — Keith Ridgway, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
• Things like the weighted slide of a drawer and swing of a cupboard.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2021
• The Chiefs will miss Sneed but the cupboard isn’t bare at the position.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• My son reminds me to pick my clothes up off the floor and shut the kitchen cupboard doors.
  — Lyz Lenz, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2021
• Does all the worry in the cupboards of your mind belong there?
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
• The cupboard wasn’t bare for Kiffin in Oxford, and the streak ends here.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2020
• No more bending down to get something out from the back of the cupboard.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 June 2020
• No word on if the cupboard under the stairs was a selling point.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2019
• The cupboard was bare when new coach Andra Rogers came in.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
• Dear Heloise: My cupcake wrappers used to be all over the place in the cupboard.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
• Conceal tiny haunted houses and eerie figurines among potted plants, peeking out from behind books, nestled between railing spindles, or tucked away in kitchen cupboards.
  — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024