ceiling

Example Sentences

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Koch, for instance, sleeps "suspended like a bat" while Glover fits himself into a narrow nook between space equipment and the ceiling of the spacecraft.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“This wage-surveillance ceiling — it’s iron. It’s concrete. It’s something that’s impermeable.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

In early December, Chad Vander Veen ran a marathon beneath a ceiling of unbroken fog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This limitation is due to a long-standing "physical ceiling" that has been difficult to overcome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

When he slammed the door behind me, the building shook so hard that plaster dust sifted down from the ceiling.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu