cupboard
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Defense contractors are spending billions to build factories and increase production to stock America’s nearly bare cupboard of highly engineered missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
There are two membership tiers, £5 per week for 6 items or £7.50 per week for 10 items, which includes access to chilled and cupboard food, toiletries, and household items.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
So bereft is the ideas cupboard that even notoriously mediocre 1990s films are being summoned back to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Lexie opened the cupboard and helped herself to a Nutri-Grain bar.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
One robot tidied cupboards and wiped surfaces, while others put orange juice and milk in the fridge, threw away empty packaging and loaded the dishwasher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
It also inspired a Peacock streaming show in which Swedes visit America to counsel people who can’t cram anything more into their closets and cupboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
I don’t know whether Anna rearranged the cupboards, put the spaghetti in a different jar, moved the weighing scales from bottom left to bottom right.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
