How to Use room in a Sentence

room

1 of 2 noun
  • Is there enough room to turn the car around?
  • In the backyard there is enough room to run and play.
  • The sofa takes up too much room.
  • There's no more room on the computer disk to save the file.
  • We're running out of room in the office.
  • There's only room for five people in the car.
  • Cigarette smoke filled the room.
  • He rents rooms to college students.
  • I could hear the TV from the next room.
  • Don't eat too much. You should leave some room for dessert.
  • Inside the room with his body were two cell phones and a bloody knife.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The band was in the studio watching the rushes, as the song poured out of the control room.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
  • And in the living room, furniture and decor can scratch and dent the walls.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Health workers kept the door to my room open, and big dudes guarded it through the night.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • They were seated in a private room away from the bar area.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
  • There are more chairs around the periphery of the room and all of the monitors.
    Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The woman at the hotel room was not charged in the incident.
    Steven Mross, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This could be in a closet or under a box in a dark room.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • No one, including the patient, was ever screened, and the door to the room was left open.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In his room, Jeanty said, was a fellow hostage, a Haitian.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That includes Brown’s 360 dorm rooms on Brook Street that will open this fall.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Everyone in the room seemed to lean toward the table at once.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • One is still powered up and prints a message from room 417.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 30 June 2023
  • Her 2-year-old son was napping, but his toys adorned the living room floor.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • In fact, a drawing room, a music room, and a billiards room take up the entire north side of the abode.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • The deals stand to offer the billionaire breathing room from lenders.
    WSJ, 10 July 2023
  • Take a look at the best cleaning products for every room in your home.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Judd later spoke about the performance to reporters in the CMA Awards press room.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to save room for dessert too: the restaurant’s yuzu cheesecake is worth splurging on.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 29 June 2023
  • Known for his hard living ways, Betts earned a reputation for trashing hotel rooms and taking swings at police officers.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
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room

2 of 2 verb
  • Staubach, who roomed with Howley on the road, was the MVP.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In other words, there may not room for all the hidden gems on the Heat.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • At the same time the teacher runs to room 132 to retrieve her cell phone and walks back to the exit door.
    Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2022
  • The tables were sticky and the ladies room down some rickety stairs, dimly lit, and felt like the size of a postage stamp.
    Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 25 June 2020
  • By the time Kathleen got to Room 6, Audrey was packing up.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Earlier in the season, Schakel and Kell roomed together on the road and hit it off.
    Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • And, if one is given to worry, there’s always room for more . .
    Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Yes Greene roomed with fellow first-rounder Jeter Downs, a shortstop and just a shortstop.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The second, and the one that really caught our attention, has two rows and room for four.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Bring the cake to room temperature before serving straight from the pan.
    Cathy Barrow, charlotteobserver, 2 Oct. 2017
  • There is always, always room around these parts to embrace your grays.
    Wendy Sy, Allure, 28 July 2022
  • Atlanta’s star guard complains, says Heat isn’t giving him and his guys room to shoot.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Maple and the 6-foot-1 Kraft will be rooming together next season.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2019
  • And while this year’s fair-food dance card is already pretty full, there’s always room for more.
    Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Attorney at Law gives some of the MCU’s best characters room to breathe.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Gigi Marvin, the oldest on the roster at 30, has been rooming with Rooney.
    Teresa M. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Of course there's always ways to improve and room for improvement.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • At Furlough, she was assigned to room C209 to fill in during an eighth grade English class.
    Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Advocates for more sanctions say there’s still room to up the pressure.
    Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Lamb chops: Leave them sitting on top of your stove, with your oven set to 400°, until the lamb gets to room temperature.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Sep. 2017
  • And if these chairs don't quite fit your style, check out our roundup of accent chairs for giving your living room new ... uh, well ... life.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 8 Aug. 2018
  • The program showed her rapist's look-alike walking room to room in a house set up to look exactly like Wardlow's.
    Esmeralda Bermudez, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • And in the meantime, there’s always room to keep hoping that Season 2 grants Jaz her Riverdale crossover wish.
    Kelsea Stahler, Teen Vogue, 27 Oct. 2018
  • He and Clayborn roomed together at Iowa and became best friends.
    Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 5 Dec. 2019
  • There should be no exceptions for the life of the mother, that gives dishonest doctors room to make false claims.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Everybody goes to the first ladies room right off the plane; nobody waits four more hallways to get to the bathroom outside baggage claim.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 8 May 2018
  • Built around 1885, the building was last used as a rooming house on its upper floors, with offices on its street level.
    Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2017
  • To reheat, bring to room temperate and bake at 375°F until hot, then toss with honey.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Back then, the friends would joke about rooming together someday and having a closet big enough for all of their clothes.
    Teen Vogue, 30 May 2019
  • There’s always room for improvement and always room to be better — in all aspects of life.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023

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