dresser

Example Sentences

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The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

That’s why some of us eavesdrop, sneak into closets and rummage through dresser drawers in secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Craighill, a careful dresser who made sure his pocket squares matched his neckties, advised colleagues to cultivate relationships with potential clients before making pitches to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

She walked over to her dresser, the top of which held a few small glass sculptures of dolphins with iridescent eyes that she had been collecting off and on for more than a decade.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

I smoothed out the letter from Mountford Prep, and folded it back along the creases, and put it in the bottom drawer of my dresser with my swim trunks.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff