How to Use table in a Sentence

table

1 of 3 noun

• The table shows the salary of each employee.
• He had the attention of the entire table.
• She reserved a table for two at the restaurant.
• They were sitting at the dining table.
• What about the star of the show in the dining area: the table?
  — Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Anything should be on the table for the sake of winning.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• With the draw, the Americans and the Netherlands share the top spot in the group table with four points apiece.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The employee came over the speaker and said to open the box to find your last clue and take it over to the table.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Mar. 2024
• The house was always clean, there was always food on the table.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
• One of our guests made a beeline to the other end of the table and sat at what should have been my place.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, for the home cook, butter molds serve as an easy way to jazz up a table.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
• Then there’s the fact that in most industries, remote jobs aren’t on the table at all.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Nearby in the upstairs dining room, a table full of folks talked about the ins and outs of towing RVs.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The notion of needing to go anywhere with a guardian or parent was so off the table.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2023
• But 10 or so minutes passed, and his friend came over from their table, patted him on the shoulder, and the two of them ducked out of the door.
  — Annie Lord, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2023
• Footage of the meeting showed Putin shaking hands with Li and then sitting down at a table.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2023
• When her symptoms escalate, the idea of a hike (or any kind of workout) is off the table.
  — Condé Nast, SELF, 25 Sep. 2023
• The best seat in the house, no doubt, is the long table near the open-concept kitchen, where guests can watch Smith and his team assemble each dish.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 July 2023
• If the members vote to reject the contract, the two sides will have to return to the bargaining table.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Two dead roaches were next to a prep table with dry storage food items.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• The marble headstone for the grave was resting against a table during the service.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• That said, there needs to be something worth coming back to for the elder Díaz to leave it all on the rehab table.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• In the Pac-12, USC has the offense to run the table but might be undone by an unpredictable defense.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• In the sweet snapshot, Evan wore a pair of bright red suspenders with a bowtie and gazed down at the table beside him and his mother.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• Reservations have rolled out on Open Table; tables are hard to score for the first few weeks.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Unions and management at the Big Three will be back at the bargaining table again soon enough.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• By last week, the story had changed again: The Pac-12 was trying to put out the message that waiting longer had brought new bidders to the table.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• When making a reservation at the bar or the restaurant, be sure to request a table by the window.
  — Stacey Wreathall, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
• Looking for a new bed frame, couch, kitchen table, or bookcase?
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023
• Horn is an excellent player when healthy, but his story in the NFL has largely involved trips to the trainer’s table.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024

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table

2 of 3 verb

• The committee tabled the issue until the next meeting.
• She plans to table a motion for debate in Parliament.
• But the board tabled a vote on buying land that's key to the package.
  — Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• The act passed the state Senate but was tabled in the House shortly before the session ended in May.
  — Conor Devlin, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
• The House approved Ball’s request to table the amendment by a vote of 53-38.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 6 May 2021
• The council opted to table the item to give him more time to learn the ropes of his position.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
• On June 15, the board had voted to approve the temple but tabled a proposal to approve the steeple.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
• And then within three weeks, everything got shut down, all plans got tabled.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
• The firm has until July 17 to table a formal bid to buy Morrisons, due to U.K. takeover rules.
  — Pan Pylas, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
• In the end, the Town Council tabled the mayor’s resolution.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
• The motion to table the resolution failed in a 4-6 vote.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2021
• Archibong sought to table the proposal before the vote, but the motion failed 10 to 4.
  — Anjali Huynh, ajc, 9 Sep. 2021
• Try to table heavy discussions until you both are rested and have your wits (and a good night’s rest) about you. Myth 6.
  — Wendy Troxel, Time, 2 June 2021
• And this was the first time that topic was tabled at the assembly, and yet China refused to even allow the discussion to take place.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• These stone crocks go from oven to table with handles for easy carrying.
  — Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Get food from farm to table with your own hands by heading out to Baugher’s Orchard to pick your own produce.
  — Carroll County Times, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 July 2021
• To push back against supply chain issues, some households have taken the idea of farm to table a step further.
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
• By the end of the meeting, Judge Shirley Watts introduced the idea to table the measure and not bring it to a vote, which saw wide support among the other members of the court.
  — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• Clare Kelly moved to table the vote on the budget ordinance to the special meeting on Dec. 6.
  — Emily Little, chicagotribune.com, 30 Nov. 2021
• The agreement was first brought to the trustees during a meeting last month but was tabled pending more information.
  — Ryan Anderson, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2023
• The council decided to table the matter to a later date.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 21 Sep. 2022
• The city has also floated around a short-term rental registration ordinance that has been tabled twice in the last few months.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
• If the answer is yes, then the customer may table the additional requirements to achieve the goal on time.
  — Srikrishnan Ganesan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• Firstly a user can attend a talk and then table a question which will be answered on a one-to-one basis.
  — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• However, a proposal to spend $2 million to add a secondary scoreboard was tabled for lack of support from the board.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
• Over a 100 more companies will table reports this week.
  — Annabelle Liang, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
• Willis asked the council to table the original proposal to have time to work on a new proposal.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2023
• It will be tabled at our Cabinet meeting next Wednesday.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2023
• As Euronews reports, the legislation was tabled just over a year ago, in the context of fears over Russian and Chinese hacking.
  — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023
• Council Member Sylvia Graham, D-large, made the motion to table the request.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022

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table

3 of 3 adjective

• The team were staying at the Abba Huesca Hotel ahead of their trip to the top of the table side.
  — SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Use a mix of sources — floor lamps, table lamps, sconces and overheads.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
• Place on top of a large saucer to keep your table mess-free when watering.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 26 Apr. 2019
• Include overhead fixtures as well as table lamps by the bed and on the desk and dresser.
  — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
• The grant was provided by the proceeds from last fall's Chefs Around the Table Fundraiser.
  — Post-Tribune, 21 July 2017
• Pull your naval in towards your spine and bring your knees up to a table top position.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020
• Wallace sits mid-table, in 21st place, and can clinch a playoff spot with a win at Daytona.
  — Andy Frye, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
• Use For: Task lighting, table lamps, and reading lamps.
  — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 8 June 2019
• As smooth- and quiet-running as a table lamp, or two table lamps.
  — Bruce McCall, Esquire, 15 Mar. 2018
• Maybe a cause for some of the table time-limit violations?
  — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2019
• It is carved and plated table side with Bordelaise sauce poured over it.
  — Veronica Hinke, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• The service in this space is table side and a bit hectic, in keeping with the overall environment of the restaurant.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
• The photon dance happens in a lab at MIT where the physicists run table-top experiments with lasers.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 16 Feb. 2018
• The space also was updated to include more table seating and brighter decor.
  — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 17 Jan. 2020
• The deli itself has a 50s-era, sepia-toned interior, with tchotchkes and bric-a-brac on every non-table surface.
  — Nathan Englander, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2022
• Buendía can bring to the table huge experience in creating hit shows.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Jan. 2022
• Then comes an intense vanilla ice cream with Alpine strawberries and sauce poured table side.
  — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2017
• Table lamp—Christopher Spitzmiller (T); christopherspitzmiller.com.
  — House Beautiful, 3 Feb. 2017
• But during the second quarter, when shutdown measures took hold, the non-table proportion shot up to 90%.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2020
• A few of the categories, including side tables, table lamps and chairs, only offered one option: sold by Hutch, all of which were out of stock.
  — Michelle Higgins, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
• But that casino features slot machines and not table games and lacks many of the amenities offered by full-scale resort casinos such as MGM and Encore.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
• There’s a mix of table lamps, task lights, wall lights, and standing floor lamps on offer with shapes that range from tall mushrooms to something reminiscent of the Bat Signal.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
• Table 2 has a handy household employer’s checklist of what to do for those with a household employee.
  — Tom Herman, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2017
• Savings on sofas, table lamps, wall art, nightstands and outdoor patio furniture are just the start.
  — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 24 May 2018
• Create balanced, even lighting with floor and table lamps throughout the room, in addition to a large ceiling fixture for overhead light.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• Up to 65% off chandeliers, sconces pendants and table lamps (through September 3).
  — Megan Stein, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• Rather than table numbers, guests looked for Philadelphia street signs.
  — Philly.com, 1 June 2018
• Try exchanging the overhead light for a chandelier or swapping table lamps for wall sconces or even hanging pendants.
  — Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• With its polished brass luggage racks, Art Deco table lamps, and stunning mosaic bathroom floors, the train is a mobile museum to the Golden Age of train travel.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2019
• The most effective way to achieve this goal is to create a balance between different kinds of lighting in your rooms—incorporate table lamps and floor lamps and both upward and downward light.
  — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2010

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024