ceiling

Example Sentences

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He managed to save the girls, including Evie Lindley, by creating a flotilla of mattresses for them to shelter on while the water rose nearly to the ceiling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Behind the locked doors of former holding cells in Swansea, the BBC was shown hauls of fake goods piled from floor to ceiling which have been seized by trading standards officers.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Giveon should be counted among the great SoCal voices, and his Saturday show proved his ambitions for it have no ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The analyst added that if SBA sells at that valuation, it will “doom the industry to that ceiling for a meaningful time.”

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Brickbane, the Usher before, had decorated much differently: the walls and ceiling bare.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman