How to Use carpet in a Sentence

carpet

noun
  • The ground was covered by a carpet of leaves.
  • We bought a new carpet for the bedroom.
  • Which brand of carpet did you choose?
  • Traditional casters might scuff up your floors (or might move poorly on carpet), but rollerblade wheels can help fix that.
    WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
  • With multiple floor and suction settings, the vacuum is made for all hard floors and carpets.
    Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts have a matchy-matchy moment on the purple carpet.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Next, vacuum your sofa, chairs, and other soft surfaces like rugs and carpets (and don't forget underneath).
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
  • From Alex and her mom switching bodies to Alex riding through space to a flying carpet, visual effects were new to Hahn.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Make sure your home is cozy and clean this holiday season with a new air purifier, memory foam pillows, and a portable carpet cleaner.
    Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2022
  • He’s chewed up several pieces of our furniture in the living room, including the arm of our couch and one of the coffee table legs, not to mention clawing at the carpet.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Amal, 44, wore a red Valentino dress with a matching clutch and cape that became tangled on the carpet at one point while photographers snapped pictures.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Dealers will install a metal foil at the carpet near the pretensioner exhaust and install a pretensioner cover if necessary, for free.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Jordan Davis complemented her outfit with a monochromatic suit in white, creating a striking couple’s moment on the carpet.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Saudi military jets accompanied the Chinese president’s aircraft, a purple carpet was rolled out upon his arrival and canons were fired.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Ten thousand square feet of carpet from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The basement at my parents’ house in New Hampshire is unfinished, the ceiling lined with extension cords fastened to wood beams, its concrete floor covered in self-stick carpet tiles.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • On the event’s carpet, Chastain acknowledged del Toro as a fellow artist who cares about social themes and representation in creative storytelling.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2022
  • To sail on a ship and not wake up to a vast blue carpet of ocean?
    Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • He was joined on the carpet by his wife, Mary Beougher.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 12 May 2023
  • And from there of course many other shows got shoutouts from the stars on the carpet.
    Anhar Karim, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In pics from the carpet, Shay showed off her mega-strong legs and toned butt.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 May 2023
  • From the ‘90s through the ‘00s there was a very distinct taste level that was on the carpet.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The coin struck a desk before dropping to the carpet and rolling a few feet on its side across the room.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The chairs had wheels that moved soundlessly across the carpet.
    Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
  • In the meantime, keep up with the glamorous looks that stars are bringing to the carpet.
    Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Why not weld the rear doors shut, and rip out the carpet and sound deadening too?
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The scooped chairs share the same shade of orange in the carpet and are designed with comfort in mind.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • These are the fashion moments that caught our eye on the carpet.
    Essence, 13 Jan. 2023
  • For the carpet weavers, that’s meant their wares were once again banned under U.S. law.
    Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
  • If Zendaya is going to do one thing on the carpet, it’s put on a show.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024

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