How to Use carpeting in a Sentence

carpeting

noun
  • The house has wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms.
  • Loop pile carpeting is best for hiding dirt, and is very durable.
    Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 13 Feb. 2019
  • The carpeting was ripped and stained, and the vinyl ceiling in the kitchen sagged.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 June 2019
  • Projects include fire alarm upgrades, replacements of leaking roofs and new carpeting.
    Lily Altavena, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • The bedroom features even more zebra print carpeting, and also disco ball pillows.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 May 2019
  • The master bedroom enjoys a large view window, dual walk-in closets and room for a sitting area, and plush linear weave carpeting.
    Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 26 June 2019
  • Plastic bottles are turned into fibers used in carpeting instead of new plastic bottles, for example.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2024
  • There's sandpaper, carpeting, bouncy toys, kinetic sand and other kinds of similar stuff.
    Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 28 June 2019
  • There’s a medium-sized sofa, a coffee table, a standard wooden desk, a few chairs, some fresh paint, a TV and generic, gray carpeting.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019
  • The more formal living room area, separated by pocket doors, has a large picture window that frames the backyard gardens and is a spacious room with a ceiling fan and carpeting.
    Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 9 July 2019
  • Some other overarching wins: Outdoor Retailer did away with aisle carpeting.
    Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 18 July 2019
  • And who is left to clean the blood from your carpeting?
    Nancy Brophy, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • The shell of the room is pale peach, its carpeting Sprig Green.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 July 2021
  • My wife helped me with a lot of the trim work at the end, like the carpeting and things like that.
    A.j. Baime, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Walls were cut open to dry them out and all of the carpeting was ripped out.
    Alex Putterman, courant.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The deep red carpeting and ornate decor of the Throne Room looks straight out of a movie.
    Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Even the chrome strips that used to hold down the carpeting in the cargo space are replaced.
    Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Thick carpeting muffles the low growl of the engine and the tireless smacking of the waves on the hull.
    Ian Urbina, The Atlantic, 6 May 2021
  • The kitchen is from the ‘40s, the carpeting needs replacing — with lots of spots from the cat puking.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The kitchen is from the '40s, the carpeting needs replacing — with lots of spots from the cat puking.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • The kitchen is from the ’40s, the carpeting needs replacing – with lots of spots from the cat puking.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Gone are the red paint, dark carpeting and pleather banquettes.
    Dominic Armato, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Upstairs are four of the home’s five bedrooms, all of them decked out in wall-to-wall carpeting.
    James McClain, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Inside the chapel, with the red carpeting leading you to the coffin lays Cokes.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 7 June 2020
  • This rendering shows the leopard-print carpeting that's planned for the stairs and the green room.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2021
  • Bowen loves to layer area rugs right on top of carpeting.
    Laura Fenton, House Beautiful, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Many were cheap rental housing in the 1990s, with chain-link fences and dismal carpeting.
    Emily Badger, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Along with a new Bonobo sign out front, the restaurant will also see new carpeting, a fresh coat of paint and new lights on the bar.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The dwelling is mostly white, from the first level wood floors with a linen stain, to the bathroom tiles and the carpeting on the upper level.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The apartment had a walk-in closet, carpeting in the bedrooms and a tiny bathroom.
    Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 11 July 2024

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