How to Use cupboard in a Sentence

cupboard

noun

• No word on whether the cupboard under the stairs was a selling point.
  — Phillip Molnar, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
• Rolled or folded charts in the captain’s map cupboard, for example, could well have survived.
  — Roff Smith, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019
• Food safety experts are warning that some common spices in your cupboard may contain high levels of lead.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
• The Broncos have five picks in the first four rounds of the 2020 draft and the aim should be to keep those in the cupboard.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• The only food in his cupboards were cans of soup, some chips, and some Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 20 July 2019
• The medal was stored away in a cupboard, Csongrádi said, adding that the burglar only left the house when the former fencer left his room and shouted at him.
  — Reuters, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• The cupboard isn’t bare for new coach Dana Holgorsen (West Virginia), though.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2019
• Disciplinary action was also taken when workers grumbled about the loss of roomy personal cupboards or shelves to stash their stationery and work papers.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 29 July 2019
• Cans and cartons of Duocal and Neocate Splash, high-calorie medical foods, fill one cupboard.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The buzz: The two-time defending Division 2 state champs lost some excellent players, but the cupboard is hardly bare.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2019
• The kitchen, large-party sized, included a long center island, surrounded by walls covered with cupboards, and counters with three sinks and the latest appliances.
  — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
• Other times fixing issues takes a bit more handiwork, such as bolting bookcases to wall studs, installing latches on cupboards, and securing any large appliances like water heaters.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• Get our daily newsletter The mobile house in which Ms Rush lives today has mouldy cupboards, an unusable bathtub and holes plugged with many ingenious patches.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• The cupboard is looking particularly bare at centre-back - even more so after the loss of David Luiz, who joined Arsenal for £8m on deadline day.
  — SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• There was no more food left in the cupboards or the pantry.
  — Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• There isn’t an inch of room left for it in the cupboard.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• Why not re-stock the cupboard and try to land a late first-round pick?
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
• And, needless to say, no Cups have been added to the cupboard.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
• The Bears have holes to fill and upgrades to make, but the cupboard is far from bare.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The good news is the Saints' cupboard is far from empty.
  — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
• Sticks her head around the corner of the cupboard under the stairs and looks at the front door.
  — Keith Ridgway, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
• Things like the weighted slide of a drawer and swing of a cupboard.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2021
• The Chiefs will miss Sneed but the cupboard isn’t bare at the position.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• My son reminds me to pick my clothes up off the floor and shut the kitchen cupboard doors.
  — Lyz Lenz, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2021
• Does all the worry in the cupboards of your mind belong there?
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
• The cupboard wasn’t bare for Kiffin in Oxford, and the streak ends here.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2020
• No more bending down to get something out from the back of the cupboard.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 June 2020
• The cupboard was bare when new coach Andra Rogers came in.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
• Dear Heloise: My cupcake wrappers used to be all over the place in the cupboard.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
• Next to the cupboard from which it has been taken, a full trash can with orange peel pressed down on top.
  — Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024