How to Use ironing board in a Sentence

ironing board

noun
  • Slip the shirt on the ironing board with half of the front on top.
    Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2021
  • Like, on the ironing board, in the kitchen, before a middle-school dance in the 1990s.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Lay one shoulder seam on the tip of the ironing board and smooth out the fabric.
    Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2021
  • The ironing board squeaks when April unfolds it in the kitchenette of the hotel room.
    Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • Grab an ironing board, one of these handy irons, and get to work on that crumpled shirt.
    Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The victim told police Mitchell entered the room, grabbed her by the neck and pushed her against the ironing board.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Hang a wall-mount ironing board near an outlet and store the iron nearby.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The second shake is another chance to avoid the ironing board.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Simply pull out the drawer, lift out the ironing board, and unfold.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 29 Oct. 2018
  • So the grandmother got an ironing board and smoothed out the wrinkles in the flag, which has stripes of pink, dark blue and purple.
    Ayana Archie and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 12 June 2018
  • Speed up the process by placing aluminum foil over your ironing board.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
  • William and his father untie the trawl doors, two massive wrought-iron boards, which rest on either side of the boat.
    Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • Open the closet in your hotel or motel room and chances are there’s an ironing board in there.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2022
  • Cut down on your ironing time with an ironing board that's always ready to go.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Tuck it into a corner, plug it in, and kiss your iron and ironing board goodbye.
    House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The penthouse suite has been emptied of all its contents, save for an ironing board.
    Jason Wilson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The current owner took over in 2017, adding a hidden cutting board that swings down from a wall in the kitchen and an old-school ironing board to the mix.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Wrinkles can ruin the look of any outfit, but the idea of pulling out your iron and ironing board can feel like too much of a hassle.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Back in the day, Teasdale was known to play her Casio keyboard using an ironing board for a stand.
    Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Abraham reveals that he’s gotten out the ironing board and is pressing a shirt.
    Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Don’t forget to add a few tall cabinets for things like brooms or ironing boards, Mothe says.
    Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2019
  • One waved the colonial flag from atop a barricade as others passed ironing boards to the front for their comrades to use as shields.
    Time Staff, Time, 21 June 2019
  • Just off the closest is a laundry room with a hanging ironing board and folding table.
    Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Gone are the days of maneuvering around bulky hotel ironing boards or calling the front desk to ask for a steamer.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Dad can forget wrestling the ironing board and de-wrinkle his clothes in a minute or less with this compact travel steamer.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • The ironing board can also serve as a folding station once everything is nice and clean.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 July 2022
  • There are sofas and desk chairs, ironing boards and drum sets — discrete items all destroyed by a storm and the floodwaters that followed.
    Alan Blinder, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
  • For 250 hours, Foreman remained aloft on his crude perch, sleeping on a rosewood ironing board.
    Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Immortalized in fabric, her aunt stands at the ironing board, wearing a blue dress pieced from a scrap of her favorite house dress.
    Susan Moeller, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The photo featured Wang sprawled out in an armchair beside an ironing board looking at his phone.
    Channing Hargrove, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2020

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