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

They were bringing my bigger-ticket items: a bed, a dresser, a chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

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

As someone who once stocked his dresser with Aéropostale, I choose to take the revival as a compliment—even if it is laced with irony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The old clock stared at me from the dresser like a worm-eaten stump, all useless and dead.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye