How to Use the living in a Sentence

the living

noun

• In Israel and Gaza, the scale of death overwhelms the living.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• Once all the working out is done, the men gather in the living room to await the date card.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 23 July 2024
• As a result, the aunt had to be taken from the bathroom to the living room.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
• Sitting on the couch in the living room one morning, Yonatan turned to Chen.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• Straub had bought the house in 1931, and done the decorating, and there was a bust of her in the living room.
  — Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
• The windows were dark, reflecting the lights of the living room.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The intrigue: It's believed the dead return to Earth to walk among the living for a short time.
  — Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
• Two more were sucked into the Twin Ratvac in the living room.
  — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• Karl and Grace came running into the living room, racing to the garage to fight for the front seat.
  — Demetrius Freeman, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• Bisson sat on a couch in the sunny corner of the living room.
  — Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• Police say the pair found the pregnant victim on her back in the living room.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Wish granted, the siblings plop the mat on the living room floor and fling each other about.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
• The main entrance, which is accessed from the deck, opens onto the living room.
  — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
• My wife’s brother walked out of the living room and into the bedroom.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• While the primary action takes place in the living room, Chao points out the kitchen in the background.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023
• Pop it in the living room and throw a cozy knit blanket over top for major hygge vibes.
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2024
• The one in the living room above, for example, is a right sofa, left chaise.
  — Katy Kiick Condon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
• Abdul came to the living room to sit with us and several of his old friends.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• Agents found a Ruger revolver and a Sig Sauer pistol hidden in a couch in the living room.
  — Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
• Their daughter couldn’t play in her own room and would drag her toys into the living room.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
• It could be placed as entry-hall storage, in the dining area or even in the living room.
  — Leslie J. Thompson, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The long, wide entry hallway and the passage to the kitchen occupy two sides, and the living room is found on the third side.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
• Shelves in the living room are now sized to fit his massive collection of vinyl records and books.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2023
• In the living room, three Ghanaian masks—treasured gifts from a dear friend—sit above the doorway.
  — Essence, 20 June 2024
• Smoke and debris from the gunfire blasts into the living room during the video.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 16 May 2024
• Wall coos to one of her two dogs, which is whining from inside a kennel in the living room.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
• Her 12-year-old daughter ran into the living room, dressed in a light pink T-shirt now soaked in blood.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• There was a bass guitar laying around, a piano in the living room.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
• Montrel was lying face-down on the living room floor, his blood on the carpet.
  — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 22 July 2024
• One night, the living room will be suffused with a soft lavender glow; the next a bold yolk-yellow or a lambent hot pink.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024