How to Use cubicle in a Sentence
cubicle
noun-
The return to the cubicle has made some men dust off their tie rack.
— Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 June 2021 -
But don’t be too quick to conclude things are going back to the days of 9 to 5 in the old cubicle.
— Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024 -
Or it could be used to spy on your co-worker in the next cubicle.
— Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 17 June 2019 -
The cubicle is small and bathed in white, shadow-free light.
— Choire Sicha, New York Times, 16 June 2021 -
The once-sharp lines of what a worker can and cannot wear inside the cubicle have blurred.
— Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022 -
Frank: David and I sit right across from each other in the same low-walled cubicle.
— Amelia Schonbek, Curbed, 29 Dec. 2021 -
But that doesn’t mean the comeback of the cubicle, FT promises.
— Byjane Thier, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022 -
But his nurse, Celia Grace, emerges from the glass cubicle with a message from him.
— Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022 -
The bleachers are folded along the back wall and a scoreboard looks out over the cubicles.
— Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2020 -
Leaders plan to use both the carrot and the stick to get workers back in their cubicles.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Many downtown cubicle dwellers pop in for a quick and hearty lunch.
— chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018 -
For this, the entrepreneur needs to leave the cubicle, pound the pavement and talk to the customer.
— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024 -
In lieu of cubicles, the design team took a more open approach.
— Mary Jo Bowling, Curbed, 2 Apr. 2018 -
But does the return to the cubicle need to be an all-or-nothing approach?
— Brett Crosby, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 -
The big deals this week: crumbling cubicle walls, a crazy Miley fan and where to eat fish fry.
— Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018 -
Many of us spend a good chunk of each day sitting at our desks, whether in a home office or a cubicle.
— Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2021 -
Picking on a popular state to amuse the bored cubicle crowd sure gets the job done these days.
— Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 29 Jan. 2018 -
The idea of being chained to a cubicle for eight-plus hours a day, five days a week now looks archaic.
— Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021 -
Offices with cubicles spaced out a few feet apart may no longer be safe.
— Eric Heisig, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2020 -
Ask a guy like Mattson what working a 9-to-5 gig in a cubicle sounds like.
— Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018 -
Butler has a cubicle on the second floor of Mount Sinai, upstairs from the chapel and across the hall from the synagogue.
— Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2020 -
Her colleagues gaped from their cubicles or the doors of their offices.
— Aya De Leon, The Root, 22 Apr. 2018 -
And when her Fitbit nudges her to get in more steps every two hours, Ms. Bush can bust a move in her cubicle.
— Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The media crammed around Scott Rolen’s cubicle, postgame.
— Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2018 -
Jose Rijo had this foul-smelling goop in a Mason jar on the shelf of his cubicle at Riverfront.
— Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2020 -
What better way to warm up a cold, sterile cubicle (or work-from-home-space) than with a new plant friend?
— Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 3 May 2022 -
The patient agreed, and Hyman rolled the bulky machine into the tiny cubicle.
— New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021 -
The person sitting next to you on the subway, or in a cubicle at work - everyone has felt the pain of loss, or will.
— Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023 -
But how many show cars and office cubicles falling from planes?
— Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024 -
Maybe a higher up (Damon) needs to be sent through a few cubicles à la The Incredibles.
— Vulture Staff, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
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