How to Use centerpiece in a Sentence

centerpiece

noun
  • This vase will be the centerpiece of your tablescape for Thanksgiving this year.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Add to a vase filled with greenery and use as a centerpiece during Christmas dinner.
    Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Place orange pillows on the ground as floor cushions and then add a few pumpkins, vases, and candles as a centerpiece.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There are several sculptural shapes worthy of being the centerpiece to any outfit.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There's a chicken wing place near me, and the centerpiece of this place is this high-calorie, sticky, sugary, thick orange sauce, that's gooped on giant wings.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Bringing the cost of this year's meal down is the turkey, or the centerpiece of the traditional Thanksgiving meal.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The clear plastic vinyl may not look the most visually appealing, especially if your couch is the centerpiece of your living space.
    Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Most instead tried to link the incident to rising crime rates across the country that the party has made a centerpiece of its campaign message ahead of the midterm elections that are just days away.
    Carl Hulse, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The centerpiece of many Thanksgiving feasts is a perfectly roasted bird, golden brown, ideally not too dry, and plenty of flavor.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Then there’s the spa, in many ways the centerpiece of the hotel.
    Laura May Todd, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • On There Will Be Blood, that was the centerpiece of the whole movie.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And your goal is to build around a centerpiece with the right pieces.
    Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • The price of the meal’s centerpiece should be a lot lower.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Eggnog has been the centerpiece at a great many of them.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This Take 10 program is the centerpiece of the Headspace app.
    Will Palmer, Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2022
  • This year, as all years, the event took place in the Plaza's ballroom, where the table decor is the centerpiece of the night.
    Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Arizona was the centerpiece of the carnage that morning.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Hang it on a door, on the wall, or place it on the dining room table as a centerpiece.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Stop at the viewing area to see Blackwater Falls, the centerpiece of the park.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • But while boxing was the centerpiece, the Rumble in the Jungle was about more than just the fight.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Free Press films have been a centerpiece of the Freep Film Festival for the past 10 years.
    Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Bowles had hoped that FDR would make this the centerpiece of his 1944 campaign.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • For much of the past two years, Caitlin Clark has been the centerpiece of the college basketball world.
    Kyle Hightower, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • Judge Cohen agreed with the centerpiece of the defense case.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The planter is large enough to stand its own, and the gorgeous marigold centerpiece speaks to the color scheme throughout.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The starters were the centerpiece of GM Chris Young’s offseason work.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The Modernism Week festival, which this year runs Feb. 15-25, is the centerpiece of the month’s events.
    Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The centerpiece of the transaction is a drug called KarXT to treat schizophrenia.
    Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Meat matters The centerpiece of Lehr’s, of course, is the meat department.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The project has grown since and has been strengthened by an incredible cast, which will be the centerpiece of a film that is about its characters and their emotions.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024

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