place mat

Example Sentences

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“I think you need to eat something,” she said, slapping the bowl onto a place mat, and she was right.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

She added Crate & Barrel’s whitewashed water hyacinth place mat.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

Here’s a tea towel that begs for that application, or even to be used as a place mat.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

Find the length and width of the place mat.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson