drawer

Example Sentences

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It had been tucked away in a museum drawer for decades as it was thought to have been an unremarkable specimen.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

She loved striped T-shirts and had a dozen of them—perhaps too many, she conceded, but she adopted a Marie Kondo tip on folding them in a way that took up less drawer space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As for this $150,000: It’s better off in your bank account than in a drawer.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Who’s washing it, chopping it, remembering it exists in the crisper drawer before it liquefies?

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

A few rows down, I spot Mom sitting on her bed, rifling through the drawer of her pine nightstand.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy