How to Use sofa in a Sentence

sofa

noun
  • I curled up on the sofa with a book.
  • Tell your partner to sit on the sofa or lie down on the bed.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Start where your cat likes to nap, such as the sofa or your bed.
    — Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • His parents had helped with the house, but the two of them had bought the sofa on their own.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The greater the distance between the top of the sofa and the ceiling, the taller and larger your room will feel.
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Check inside dressers, sofas, and chairs in the room as well.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • In the living room, Nessa and I sit on the sofa across from you.
    — Robert McGill, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
  • Her house was filled with roses, on the curtains and on the sofa.
    — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
  • This adopts sturdy faux leather to make the surface on the sofa.
    — Tim Kohut, BGR, 7 June 2021
  • Then, vacuum the base of the sofa, and the area under the cushions.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Curl up on your sofa with this plush 5-foot-long throw.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2021
  • The set comes with a sofa, two chairs, and a coffee table.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Josh was sitting down on the sofa with his hat still on.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Alice walks in with a book and sits on the sofa to do some reading.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Inside, Avett, the Great Dane, was on the sofa with a watchful eye on her.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Cue the tubular steel and leather sofa from 1970 by Michel Boyer in the Demisch Danant space.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Gabriel sat on the sofa while Thornton, his back to Gabriel, worked at his desk.
    — Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The sofa, the stove, the fridge, the television and even the car parked outside have all been painted on.
    — Kelly Cobiella, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The painting above the sofa is a Saxon Quinn work from Rhett Baruch.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The sofa can be transformed into a bed for guests in a pinch too.
    — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There was the bed for the last few hours, then the sofa hours before, and the kitchen counter somewhere in between.
    — Hayley Folk, refinery29.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Who wants to think about buying a sofa at the Motley Crue show?
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The pair sit next to each other on a beige-colored sofa.
    — Melissa Etehad, Allure, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Hem sofa against the wall to the left is covered in deadstock linen velvet by Glant.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
  • My house keeper once saw a man standing in front of her on the sofa.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Rarely will someone just stroll past your house in search of a three-seater sofa with a chaise.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 16 May 2024
  • The living room has a set of couches with a table in the center and a long sofa.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • Hendrickson leaned forward so that he was perched on the edge of the sofa.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When this propulsive episode comes to its ominous end, snow has blanketed the great room of the Yellowstone lodge; a wolf, shot dead by Cara, lies on the carpet beside the sofa.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • This is outfitted with a custom sofa built for the space, plus there's an entertainment center in there too.
    — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2025

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