How to Use ceiling in a Sentence
ceiling
noun
- The house has low ceilings.
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The car comes with a large video screen that folds down from the ceiling.
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Jack Ewing,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2024
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Use the paint roller to fill in the remainder of the ceiling.
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Megan Boettcher,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Sep. 2022
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More:Who voted against the debt ceiling bill in the House?
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Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
3 June 2023
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There is room to stand up, and the center ceiling is flat and slopes to the wall.
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Mark Philben,
BostonGlobe.com,
18 Jan. 2023
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And a lot of the new space will be clear span and have higher ceiling heights.
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Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Sep. 2023
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Press it toward the ceiling, then return it to the floor.
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Men's Health,
7 July 2023
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The Senate is slated to vote on the debt ceiling deal this week.
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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel,
Anchorage Daily News,
2 June 2023
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Victorian homes were dressed to the nines, from floors to walls and all the way to the ceiling.
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Sarah Halverson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Jan. 2024
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The best things this Kingston home has to offer aren’t the 13-feet-high ceilings or its view of the town green.
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Cathy Ching,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 May 2023
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Below the hole in the ceiling were carts and two-wheeled dollies.
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Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
31 July 2024
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Now, fans are asking - what is the ceiling for this team?
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Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2023
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This figure should be a floor to build on, not a ceiling to reach.
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Jens Stoltenberg,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2023
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In the video, an alarm sounds as objects appear to fall from the ceiling.
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Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2023
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Hang your ghosts with fishing line from the porch ceiling.
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Megan Boettcher,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2023
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Get them off the floor and out of your way by hanging bike hooks from your ceiling.
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Jill Gleeson,
Country Living,
4 Jan. 2023
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Drops of water and brown gunk fall from the ceiling, and a thick liquid sits on the bottom of the curved floor.
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Ricky Carioti,
Washington Post,
7 July 2023
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The gaunt stillness of the high-ceiling space, that remains pretty much the same.
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John King,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Sep. 2022
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The floor and the ceiling are both fair game for decorating.
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Jenny Comita,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Aug. 2023
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Anything that feels like a ceiling or a cap, and that starts to feel daunting.
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Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
30 Nov. 2023
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The debt ceiling is going to be the most important of these fights.
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W. James Antle Iii,
Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2023
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The floor and the ceiling’s palette is neutral and in contrast with the metallic gray.
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Andrea Onate,
WWD,
17 Sep. 2024
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On the wall is an almost floor to ceiling screen showing NBA footage.
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Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2024
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If somebody floats from your ceiling, get out of that house.
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Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com,
al,
17 Nov. 2022
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The game in Lincoln did show Kanak’s ceiling could be as the leader of the linebacking corps in the future.
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Dallas News,
26 Dec. 2022
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Or is their ceiling simply four games above .500, battling to avoid the play-in round?
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2023
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The roof at first appears to be a T-top, but the lateral edges of the ceiling are intact.
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Car and Driver,
28 Sep. 2022
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This area of the property boasts 15-foot ceilings on its own.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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The ceiling was formed from Jewish tombstones (matzevot) laid across tram rails.
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Natalia Romik / Madę By History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Inside is a flurry of activity, with an open kitchen, shelves of groceries and clothing, and dozens of piñatas strung from the ceiling.
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Caitlin Morton,
AFAR Media,
27 Jan. 2025
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