desk

Example Sentences

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Points deducted for some stiff dramatic reenactments; I would prefer a picture of an empty desk than one of a miscast George Washington sitting at it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

In the center of the wall, just behind the coach’s desk, white block letters spell out “Why Not” above a script “U.S.,” which, despite the periods, is meant to be read as “us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Strategy runs ads on X for the preferred including one modeled on the HBO show “Industry” where the head of a Wall Street trading desk holding a baseball bat asks his team for income ideas.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

It was photographed in a large square black box on a wooden desk.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Tansy grabbed up the cowbell on her desk and rang it over her head, introducing a new tradition to orthography.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck