cupboard

Example Sentences

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But they don’t tell you that the time will come when you stare into the cupboard where the “Elmer the Elephant” plate used to be kept and feel a small but insistent stab of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

They also opened a cupboard to find five kittens, which the homeowner had never seen.

From Los Angeles Times

Not every present is greeted with delight - so instead of banishing them to the back of a cupboard, how can you get rid of them without causing offence?

From BBC

Tuck them away in a cupboard and feel quietly smug about it.

From Salon

As she lost more weight, she found she could exercise more and when she was feeling "low", instead of "going to to the cupboards and filling my face", she would go for a run.

From BBC