How to Use lobby in a Sentence

lobby

1 of 2 noun

• I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.
• The proposed new law is supported by the oil lobby.
• The lobby was once heated by steam rising through grates in the floor.
  — Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• These days, that same lobby is one of my favorite places to grab a drink or a bite.
  — Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
• At the lobby, a hotel worker said that guests had to stay in their rooms.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• On the ground floor, off the lobby, a high-contrast turquoise door leads to the Billet Room, the hotel’s game room.
  — Linda Laban, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
• Jones is engulfed in flames and then falls to the floor as all of the officers exit the lobby, the footage shows.
  — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• Ryan Seacrest: So these are mainly in the lobby, in the atrium of the hospitals.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• Then a nurse came into the lobby and plucked our baby out of his stroller.
  — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
• Come for the beautiful lobby and stay for a drink at the rooftop terraced bar.
  — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• The doors to the police station were locked and the building lobby was empty, the news report said.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The wheel motif appears on the roof as well as the building’s facade and the lobby ceiling.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• Off the lobby, the elevator vestibule is drenched in a buzzy hot pink neon light.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
• Roe said as part of that, hotels that have rooms blocked for the event are having live music in the lobby.
  — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• Behind the front desk in the lobby was a door that led to my father’s art studio, the former ballroom of the Chelsea.
  — Amanda Chemeche, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2023
• Later, while the band was signing posters in the lobby of a hotel, those same two boys showed up.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The trio pulled Barnett off the lobby floor, clamping handcuffs on his wrists.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 13 May 2023
• The man drove into the Parma Heights police lot, parked and ran into the lobby.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• Cleaning crews hosed down the area outside the lobby, which remained taped off.
  — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• As its name implies, the hotel is Venice-themed, and guests begin their stay in the over-the-top lobby decked out in frescoes.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2024
• Check out the Hand of Faith, a 61-pound golden nugget on display in the lobby of the Golden Nugget hotel and casino.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• It will be connected to the fourth concept, a lobby bar with a stylish, classic vibe.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• There is a glass elevator in the lobby with access to all decks.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 9 June 2023
• Order online, or from a kiosk in the lobby, get a number and use it to open a glass door where your food resides.
  — Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• Another video angle on the footage shows a man sitting on a couch the moment the car comes flying through the lobby door.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2023
• The venue sits 21 feet above grade; reaching the lobby requires a trip in an elevator or a trot up a flight of stairs.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• Stray bullets punctured the lobby window and guest rooms.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• So, of course, The Bellagio’s hotel lobby bar was one of her must-visit spots.
  — Partner Content, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• This isn't the first time Costco has reportedly sought to deter non-members from eating at the food lobby.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• The technology debuted in 2018 with the opening of a convenience store in the lobby of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.
  — Matt Day, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024

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lobby

2 of 2 verb

• The health-care industry has lobbied against the proposal.
• I lobbied our company for a new computer.
• Merritt lobbied for Veach to take him in the 2022 Draft.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Campaigns can't force the RNC to adjust the debate rules, but they are allowed to lobby for changes.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
• But that’s short of the 100% increase some advocates had lobbied for.
  — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2023
• This year, records show the group has again retained Lukis to lobby on the legislation.
  — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• Are there any groups of creators who are lobbying for this not to be banned for that reason?
  — Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• Moore kept all his effort—the phone calls, emails, and lobbying on his own behalf—from Dawn.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
• Alex has lobbied at the Kansas State House alongside his mother.
  — Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
• Those lobbying to loosen the age for service rally around the need to address the current labor shortage, Mast notes.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Supporting these aims requires open hearts and minds to engage, lobby, serve and stand with both sides and all who suffer in between.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Some drugmakers are lobbying for orphan drugs to be exempt from the price caps being set by state boards.
  — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
• Some are lobbying state lawmakers to lift a long-standing ban on pay toilets.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
• Sanders' campaign also lobbied in support of the bill, saying the state's sunshine law was hurting her agenda.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
• Now platform workers are concerned that Uber is about to repeat past lobbying success in the EU by shaping the new platform work rules.
  — WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
• Kyiv has been lobbying to receive the missiles for several months.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
• Holocaust survivors have lobbied to freeze his sainthood process.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Cuban has lobbied Texas politicians to legalize gambling in the state, according to reports.
  — Ryan Derousseau, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Housing advocates have long been lobbying the state to allocate more money to the fund.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
• More than a president's wife, Rosalynn used her four years in Washington to lobby for change and maximize her slice of the bully pulpit.
  — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• The complaints galvanized developers around the world to begin lobbying for changes to the app economy.
  — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• Disclosure reports show Price has both lobbied and fundraised for city officials.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
• Kate Hanni, a passenger on that flight, lobbied Congress to pass an extensive passenger bill of rights.
  — Janet Bednarek, The Conversation, 20 June 2023
• Still, there’s little recourse for those in states that have not passed such protections, which has prompted lobbying from Hollywood.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
• The 52-year-old independent voter, who is Black, cited her efforts to reach out to younger voters and lobbying against gun violence.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
• Stewart has also, most notably, spent a great deal of time lobbying on behalf of 9/11 first responders — both during his time on The Daily Show and after leaving.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
• The league had spent years lobbying for Virginia to change its old system of drawing political maps, which left it in the hands of whichever party controlled the legislature.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• In theory, landlords would lobby for vouchers, which offer billions in rent.
  — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• Several of the state’s largest utilities, including the Mill Creek owner, lobbied against the legislation.
  — Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 6 June 2023
• Tech companies have been among the biggest spenders on lobbying over the past decade, first as Congress tried to regulate social media and now as lawmakers turn their attention to AI.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024