How to Use deck chair in a Sentence

deck chair

noun
  • Leaves float in the pool and the deck chairs are stacked.
    Sue Hertz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water’s pH level.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water's pH level.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • These deck chairs fold flat to be neatly stacked against a wall, on a mounting rack, or tucked away in a shed.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Unknowingly the best ride of the day was riding deck chairs from one side of the ship to other.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • Evidence that moving a few deck chairs around won’t fix what ails the FBI.
    Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Ault sat in a deck chair as gasoline was pumped into a holding tank.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The main pool is surrounded by deck chairs and a jogging track and is adjacent to the top deck bar.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The pool is beyond the right-field fence at Chase Field, surrounded by deck chairs like an oasis in this desert.
    Mark Potts, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Even if the Titanic doesn't sink, the deck chairs are still likely be shaken up by the whole ordeal.
    Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Movie-goers can take in the sights, sit in a deck chair with personal wireless headphones and watch the movie on an LED screen.
    Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Swapping out Meyers for Smith-Schuster amounts to a shuffling of deck chairs.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • An Ikea Brommö deck chair provides a modern spot to sit on a loggia.
    Jen Derose, House Beautiful, 20 Dec. 2013
  • When the ferry docked, a second, larger brawl ensued, with one man wielding a deck chair.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ocean water had flooded well past the edge of the island, tossing lawn furniture and deck chairs into the street.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • During their famous balcony scene, dad is there too, snoring on a deck chair.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • There are plenty of park benches, tables with chairs, and cruise ship-worthy deck chairs to rest weary shopping bones.
    By Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Are MPs in Parliament rearranging the deck chairs and willing the iceberg to move?
    Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2019
  • With extreme heat, new shrubs may benefit from temporary shade, like a cage with shade cloth, or a high deck chair over them for a few days.
    oregonlive, 4 July 2021
  • Nearly 400 artifacts — from the ship's china to a battered deck chair — are on display.
    Travis Dorman, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Most of the talk about what to do with your investments is the equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Repainting the hull of the Titanic is bound to be as effective as rearranging the deck chairs on it.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • The American people did not elect this president to sit idly by and rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
    Fox News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • As helicopters comb Miami Beach on the hunt for the fugitive, Cunanan settles into a deck chair to watch.
    Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Pryor also allegedly threw a deck chair at the woman and then pumpkins, which damaged the windshield.
    cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no plot here but the slow, inevitable grind of deck chairs shuffling on an aggravated, unfair planet.
    Emmett Rensin, New Republic, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Bonus: After the tots are worn out, there’s nothing stopping you from sliding a deck chair underneath and cooling off yourself.
    Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2020
  • Inside, stress-reducers will include leisure-ready deck chairs.
    J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Sitting in deck chairs under the glass awning among potted flower displays in front of the glamorous pool, my mother and I have passed many a leisurely afternoon.
    Helen Carefoot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a whole lot of rearranging the deck chairs, with Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle expected to get first dibs next month at filling the primo vacancies.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023

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