How to Use floorboard in a Sentence

floorboard

noun
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  • The Lafayette homestead has blood in the floorboards, in the lake, in the trees.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Lafayette homestead has blood in the floorboards, in the lake, in the trees.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • The old wood was used for floorboards in the tool room.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The floorboards were gone; the room once used as a kitchen was bare of tiles.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2017
  • And her pants and her clothes … were in the floorboard by her feet.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 June 2021
  • His black roller chair wore a groove in the floorboards.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • Rotting Sheetrock and floorboards are piled on the side of the street.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Her purse, which was on the floorboard in the backseat, was stolen.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • The car had been parked unlocked, and with its keys on the floorboard.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
  • The walls had begun to bend, the grain in the floorboards was starting to run.
    — Longreads, 7 July 2023
  • The child, who was found on the rear floorboard, was in a Honda Civic parked along the side of the home.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The knife was later found on the driver-side floorboard of the car.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
  • On the floorboard of his truck was a case of open beer bottles.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Erd added a floorboard so a driver wouldn't kick the tie rods (or the ground).
    — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2015
  • With its red trim, red seats and red floorboards, the LTD is a point of pride for Willie.
    — cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • The plate, which was thrown up under his car, went through the floorboard.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • The sun had burst through the gray clouds in my mind, and my mental floorboards were sparkling.
    — Leslie Kendall Dye, SELF, 20 June 2017
  • One of the floorboards is a trick floorboard that pops up and hits someone in the face.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The barefoot man was seated on the floorboard with his head slumped on the seat.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The boy was ejected from the SUV and the girl was found on the vehicle's floorboard.
    — Brieanna J Frank, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The flood had ripped up the floorboards; the leather couches were soaked in water, oil and mud.
    — Julie Turkewitz and Audra D.s. Burch, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
  • She was exposed … And her pants and her clothes … were in the floorboard by her feet.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Cain walked on the floorboards and touched the bricks of the original part of the house, Joynt pointed out.
    — Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 2 June 2017
  • The floorboard widths vary from 8 to 10 inches for an old-world look.
    — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Old boot marks could be seen on the floorboards of some carriages.
    — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 24 July 2019
  • The thieves placed Dundee’s medication, which was on the floorboard in front of the crate, in the glove box.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Pierre jumped up and down with glee, making the floorboards shake.
    — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Torres then aimed his gun at the car’s floorboard and fired.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Tear up the floorboards of the first story and see what treasure lies beneath.
    — Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Just a few more inches of rain would have meant water coming up through his floorboards.
    — Mario Alejandro Ariza, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024

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