How to Use rafter in a Sentence

rafter

noun

• Her seat was high up in the rafters and behind the stage.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• The home team and the home fans sure thought so, their cheers cascading from the rafters to the court.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• All had been stabbed and shot many times, and Ms. Tate had been hung from a rafter.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2020
• Saddles were piled by the door, and bridles hung from the rafters.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• Place the rafter on sawhorses and clamp it firmly in place.
  — George Retseck, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2020
• Pink is an acrobat and a half Pink started the show in the rafters, about a 100 feet in the air.
  — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
• When the boy and his dog return home, the music is still shaking the rafters.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
• Ritchson tossed the cord over the rafters, wrapped it tightly around his neck and let go.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
• Imagine trying to hang a banner for that in the rafters.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• Warehouses were stuffed to the rafters and short of workers.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024
• Those are four of the five men already in the rafters at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• Boos rang from the sellout crowd, as garbage flew from the rafters and landed on the ice with the home team trailing 4-0.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• All were carried toward the rafters, and lost, as the peak of the house’s tin roof disappeared.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
• My strong great-uncle, swinging from the rafters, lost weight.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Trull’s head barely clears the rafters once he’s settled.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• And no, Michelle Obama is not going to descend from the rafters to save the party.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• Fans took up every seat, jammed the aisles, hung from the rafters and ringed the court, standing 10 deep at some points to see their beloved Aztecs.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
• There could be one of Trench’s Fenway Park pennants hanging in the rafters.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The roof rafters were the correct size, but the center ridge board was very much undersized.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Late in the show, five gigantic red ribbons drop from the rafters, and remain for the length of a number.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
• So, to prepare to swing from the rafters in the circus tent, Zendaya worked on her upper body and core strength.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• There was a glow coming from the rafters, too, as Cowell triggered the Golden Buzzer.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 June 2023
• Who’s throwing the first pitch, when is the championship banner dropping from the rafters and more.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
• LeBron James’ jersey will one day hang in the Crypto.com Arena rafters.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• Asked for his thoughts on Davis, coach Darvin Ham drew inspiration from the rafters.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Chaco is the official footwear sponsor for OARs and a good bet for rafters.
  — Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Lose and fold the show, possibly with Bergeron’s No. 37 not to be spotted again until the day it’s hoisted to the rafters.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
• Abassi was so thrilled with the response that his tuxedo shirt came untucked from his pants as his jumped up and down, waving to the rafters.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2024
• Waving light-up glow sticks, fans passionately — and loudly — sang along, from the pit to the upper rafters of the venue.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
• Those banners fall from the rafters, with damning numbers for all to see, and the actors leave the stage without a curtain call.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024