How to Use rafter in a Sentence

rafter

noun
  • Her seat was high up in the rafters and behind the stage.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The home team and the home fans sure thought so, their cheers cascading from the rafters to the court.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • All had been stabbed and shot many times, and Ms. Tate had been hung from a rafter.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Saddles were piled by the door, and bridles hung from the rafters.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Place the rafter on sawhorses and clamp it firmly in place.
    George Retseck, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Pink is an acrobat and a half Pink started the show in the rafters, about a 100 feet in the air.
    Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
  • When the boy and his dog return home, the music is still shaking the rafters.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Ritchson tossed the cord over the rafters, wrapped it tightly around his neck and let go.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Imagine trying to hang a banner for that in the rafters.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • Warehouses were stuffed to the rafters and short of workers.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024
  • Those are four of the five men already in the rafters at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Boos rang from the sellout crowd, as garbage flew from the rafters and landed on the ice with the home team trailing 4-0.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
  • All were carried toward the rafters, and lost, as the peak of the house’s tin roof disappeared.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • My strong great-uncle, swinging from the rafters, lost weight.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Trull’s head barely clears the rafters once he’s settled.
    oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • And no, Michelle Obama is not going to descend from the rafters to save the party.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Fans took up every seat, jammed the aisles, hung from the rafters and ringed the court, standing 10 deep at some points to see their beloved Aztecs.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • There could be one of Trench’s Fenway Park pennants hanging in the rafters.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The roof rafters were the correct size, but the center ridge board was very much undersized.
    Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Late in the show, five gigantic red ribbons drop from the rafters, and remain for the length of a number.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • So, to prepare to swing from the rafters in the circus tent, Zendaya worked on her upper body and core strength.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • There was a glow coming from the rafters, too, as Cowell triggered the Golden Buzzer.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 June 2023
  • Who’s throwing the first pitch, when is the championship banner dropping from the rafters and more.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
  • LeBron James’ jersey will one day hang in the Crypto.com Arena rafters.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Asked for his thoughts on Davis, coach Darvin Ham drew inspiration from the rafters.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Chaco is the official footwear sponsor for OARs and a good bet for rafters.
    Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Lose and fold the show, possibly with Bergeron’s No. 37 not to be spotted again until the day it’s hoisted to the rafters.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Abassi was so thrilled with the response that his tuxedo shirt came untucked from his pants as his jumped up and down, waving to the rafters.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Waving light-up glow sticks, fans passionately — and loudly — sang along, from the pit to the upper rafters of the venue.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Those banners fall from the rafters, with damning numbers for all to see, and the actors leave the stage without a curtain call.
    Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023

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