How to Use deck chair in a Sentence

deck chair

noun
  • Leaves float in the pool and the deck chairs are stacked.
    Sue Hertz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Will there be a rearrangement of the deck chairs on the Kremlin ship of state?
    Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water's pH level.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water’s pH level.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • These deck chairs fold flat to be neatly stacked against a wall, on a mounting rack, or tucked away in a shed.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
  • With that kind of elbow room, there's hardly a need to wake up early to claim a deck chair.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
  • Unknowingly the best ride of the day was riding deck chairs from one side of the ship to other.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • Evidence that moving a few deck chairs around won’t fix what ails the FBI.
    Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Ault sat in a deck chair as gasoline was pumped into a holding tank.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The main pool is surrounded by deck chairs and a jogging track and is adjacent to the top deck bar.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The pool is beyond the right-field fence at Chase Field, surrounded by deck chairs like an oasis in this desert.
    Mark Potts, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Even if the Titanic doesn't sink, the deck chairs are still likely be shaken up by the whole ordeal.
    Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Movie-goers can take in the sights, sit in a deck chair with personal wireless headphones and watch the movie on an LED screen.
    Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Swapping out Meyers for Smith-Schuster amounts to a shuffling of deck chairs.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • An Ikea Brommö deck chair provides a modern spot to sit on a loggia.
    Jen Derose, House Beautiful, 20 Dec. 2013
  • When the ferry docked, a second, larger brawl ensued, with one man wielding a deck chair.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ocean water had flooded well past the edge of the island, tossing lawn furniture and deck chairs into the street.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • During their famous balcony scene, dad is there too, snoring on a deck chair.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • There are plenty of park benches, tables with chairs, and cruise ship-worthy deck chairs to rest weary shopping bones.
    By Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
  • There are deck chairs, outdoor pools and even a basketball court, but few people were out using them.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Are MPs in Parliament rearranging the deck chairs and willing the iceberg to move?
    Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2019
  • With extreme heat, new shrubs may benefit from temporary shade, like a cage with shade cloth, or a high deck chair over them for a few days.
    oregonlive, 4 July 2021
  • Guests will also find a large outdoor pool with plenty of deck chairs, two fitness centers, and The Tack Room gourmet market to quell the midnight munchies.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Nearly 400 artifacts — from the ship's china to a battered deck chair — are on display.
    Travis Dorman, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Most of the talk about what to do with your investments is the equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Repainting the hull of the Titanic is bound to be as effective as rearranging the deck chairs on it.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • The American people did not elect this president to sit idly by and rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
    Fox News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • As helicopters comb Miami Beach on the hunt for the fugitive, Cunanan settles into a deck chair to watch.
    Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Pryor also allegedly threw a deck chair at the woman and then pumpkins, which damaged the windshield.
    cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no plot here but the slow, inevitable grind of deck chairs shuffling on an aggravated, unfair planet.
    Emmett Rensin, New Republic, 16 Oct. 2017

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