How to Use cubby in a Sentence

cubby

noun
  • Up above, a pantry area features several shelves and cubbies for plenty of organization of cookware and dry food.
    New Atlas, 30 July 2024
  • Most schools have a policy of allowing kids to bring such objects to school but restrict them to cubbies or backpacks and only let kids take them out during rest time.
    Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Flip the box over, and repeat with the board for the top of the cubby box.
    Lucy Wendel, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The cubby in the central console is small and well astern of the shifter.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The cubbies can hold up to 20 pounds, and the drawer can hold up to 10 pounds, too.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2023
  • Slim shoes, such as flats and flip-flops, can be stored in a cubby.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The teacher told him to store his stuff in a cubby outside the hot room.
    Steve Hendrix, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2019
  • Benches and cubbies will give climbers a place to rest and store their items.
    Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
  • Much like the closets, the pantry in the new home is a series of white cubbies and drawers.
    Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Ashley and her classmates ran to the cubby area to hide.
    Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The girl asks her teacher at school to change the nameplate on her cubby.
    The New Yorker, 22 June 2022
  • Morin said Kay told him to leave cash in his locker cubby and that Kay would leave the blues there.
    Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • In front of the cupholders in the flat cubby for phones are a USB port and a 12-volt power outlet.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram.com, 23 June 2017
  • The bench is offered with either 10 or 15 cubbies, and is able to store tall and short pairs of shoes alike.
    Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2023
  • There are plenty of storage cubbies in the front-seat area.
    Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2020
  • There are cubbies and seating and a glass door so the child can be cordoned off and can’t run away.
    Beth J. Harpaz, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Get the royal cubby ready, Princess Charlotte is off to school!
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Some of these cubbies are still available to hotel guests to use.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2017
  • Use wood clamps to hold each cubby together as the glue dries.
    Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Underneath the sink was a large cubby for storage, and next to the sink was a small drawer.
    Megan Dubois, Chron, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The Bubble Guppies help kids find their cubbies and nap mats.
    Maressa Brown, Parents, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Get the royal cubby ready — Prince George is gearing up for his first day at a new school!
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • There are cubbies and USB ports and cupholders galore, 19 in all.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 July 2018
  • Keep it out of the cabin, and throw it in the Maverick's little bed cubby.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021
  • By 9:46, the kids lined up for recess, grabbing thick coats from their cubbies.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The bottom of the rack features a shelf with a cubby underneath, so there's space to store shoes, too.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 8 May 2019
  • There's one of those on either side, plus a pop-up storage cubby in the middle with a trio of USB-C ports.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Use open cubbies or shelves to stash vinyl records, music books, sheet music, and more.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Most studios will also have cubbies in the locker room or outside of the room for your shoes.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Jan. 2019
  • The cubby holes holding keys to the 14 rooms and cabins Nuñez rents out are nearly all stuffed with messages and mail.
    Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021

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