How to Use place mat in a Sentence

place mat

noun

• And worst of all are ones that are both oily and acidic — and a sharply different color than the place mat.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• So we might just get married, for a slow cooker and some nice place mats.
  — Margo Thierry, ELLE Decor, 28 July 2016
• That is the place mat from one of our dinners together.
  — Brett Sokol, New York Times, 10 July 2018
• Or roll up gifts in a bamboo place mat or table runner, and tie with a bow.
  — Cathy Rubin, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• Easier said than done when the crumbs of the antipasti are brushed away and your choice of pasta lands on the green-and-gold place mat.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
• Food will be served on a small platter instead of a traditional tray, with a place mat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2019
• For fancy takeout, place mats get placed and Aunt Carmen’s china comes out.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2020
• Square place mats are such a wonderful piece for any table setting.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
• The 18th-century floor under her feet needed to be made into place mats.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2018
• Yet place mats are a nice way to frame individual settings at a table.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• Use it in table runners, bedding, curtains, place mats, hand towels and more to add muted colors and softness to any room.
  — Mari-Jane Williams, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
• The patrons, including children, sat down at tables and booths adorned with pink napkins and place mats as one waitress took their orders.
  — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
• Other stores’ selections of tablecloths, place mats, runners, and cloth napkins may be somewhat picked over.
  — Jennifer Adams, Philly.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Salsas are basically a place mat slapped down on a hard wood table, but a proper seven-layer dip?
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
• Then come scarves, napkins, place mats, and, eventually, rug design.
  — Margaret Rhodes, The Cut, 27 Oct. 2017
• Also watch out for vinyl in anti-slip bathtub mats, baby play mats and place mats, and choose products made of other materials.
  — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• Sticking with the homegrown feel of the event, Marta used 19th-century lace place mats that belonged to Carlo's grandfather's family for her dress's scoop-neck, short-sleeve bodice.
  — Priya Rao, Town & Country, 4 Feb. 2013
• Select two identical place mats made from a natural material such as bamboo or coconut, shown, to wrap around the shade.
  — Jennifer Jones, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
• The clients also received decorative place mats and ornaments made by several schools and groups.
  — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Celebrate the holiday with a personalized place mat featuring the name of your little one.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
• For your small table, instead of a tablecloth, try just one runner, or maybe two runners crisscrossed in the middle with the four place settings on the fabric instead of adding another layer with place mats.
  — Jennifer Adams, Philly.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Hwang’s use of place mats to promote his political brand is not without controversy.
  — Neil Vigdor, courant.com, 11 May 2018
• From mid-century until the 1990s, Designs by Joan Luntz brought a fresh, breezy feeling not only to plastic dinnerware, but also to wallpaper and drapes, place mats and china, bed sheets and beach towels, scarves and more.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 30 Dec. 2017
• The red spruce picnic table was set for an Anthropolgie catalogue shoot with wildflowers in glass vases, tree trunk place mats, a canopy to catch raindrops and shaggy blue rugs to warm bottoms on benches.
  — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The service was friendly, and my grandsons appreciated the homemade potato chips and activities place mats that arrived the moment we were seated.
  — Sharon Boorstin, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
• The red spruce picnic table was set for an Anthropolgie catalogue shoot — or a troll’s wedding to a fairy — with wildflowers in glass vases, tree trunk place mats, a canopy to catch raindrops and shaggy blue rugs to warm bottoms on benches.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 26 July 2019
• Hummingbird Trellis, one of Chatsworth House’s most popular designs, gets a rich finish of genuine gold leaf, coated with layers of glossy lacquer, making this scene-stealing place mat practically impervious to stains and spills.
  — Kara Nelson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024