How to Use drawer in a Sentence
drawer
noun- There are some pens in my desk drawer.
- He stood there in only his drawers.
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At the bottom of the stove was a drawer that held pots and pans.
— Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023 -
Just press and hold the icon in the app drawer and tap Uninstall.
— Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023 -
The gun’s case was in a dresser drawer, but not the gun.
— cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Measure the height of your drawer and cut pieces of pipe to size.
— Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Lea’s Olympic medals, Erik said with a laugh, are in a sock drawer.
— Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023 -
The easy-to-empty waste drawer holds a week’s worth of waste per cat.
— Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023 -
Now, the golf ball lives in a drawer, a token from a wild night.
— Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 -
If the stove is the heart of the Southern kitchen, well the junk drawer is the hidden secret.
— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024 -
Soon enough, tank tops will be pushed to the back of the drawer as sweaters take center stage.
— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 -
One of the highlights for her was the brass pull-out drawers with the linen lining.
— Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Lucia dug around in the drawers and pulled out a big black T-shirt.
— Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024 -
There’s a tiny little drawer on the side for small tchotchkes.
— Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 13 July 2022 -
Use a toothbrush that is ready to be retired to the craft drawer.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024 -
An open drawer in the Wood home kitchen where a filet knife, thought to be the murder weapon, was kept.
— CBS News, 12 Nov. 2022 -
Jenkins said the boy pulled out a dresser drawer and stepped up to reach the purse.
— Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023 -
At the end of her work day, Lisa retrieved her phone from a desk drawer and turned it on.
— Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 -
Even more potent is putting the credit card away in a drawer or in a block of ice for the week.
— Bernadette Joy, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 -
And spring is the perfect time to restock your undies drawer.
— Emilia Benton, womenshealthmag.com, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Take the time to open all drawers and doors to confirm the slides and hinges work properly.
— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Be sure not to let your old gadgets just fill up a junk drawer.
— Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Fold the legs & arms until the figure fits neat as a book of matches in a drawer.
— Terrance Hayes, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023 -
Tamra, in turn, is challenged by her brick to drop her drawers and pee in the yard.
— Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024 -
All of this data is contained within the drawers of the MVZ.
— Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024 -
The phone was later found hidden in a bathroom drawer in the home.
— cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023 -
At-home remedies for puffy eyes Reach for a spoon from the utensil drawer.
— Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2023 -
There were two keys for the room, one on the key ring of one of the managers and the other in a drawer in someone’s office.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024 -
One member of our group has a habit of squatting in the river to urinate instead of going behind a bush and dropping her drawers.
— Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 -
That probably, for me, means like keep a couple of wedges of random cheese in your cheese drawer in your refrigerator, those plus miscellaneous scoop of mustard, the last couple of cornichon from your jar.
— Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
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