How to Use tablecloth in a Sentence

tablecloth

noun

• The kitchen will still be there, but the white tablecloths won’t.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
• The room is dim and cozy, with brick walls and white tablecloths.
  — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Lily reached across the white linen tablecloth and took his hands in hers.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
• The wine brims over the top of the glass, like water in a fountain, and spreads across the tablecloth.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
• Prany placed his hands on the tablecloth, feeling the texture of it.
  — Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
• The highlight is the dinner, for which a white tablecloth comes out.
  — Erika Mailman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2022
• In Sands' world, lace is no longer something to sew on a dress or pin to a tablecloth.
  — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Hint: Ditch the etiquette book but keep the white tablecloth and flowers.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2019
• The boulangerie, a few miles down the road, was also a bar and a pub and a restaurant with tablecloths.
  — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
• Here was the moment to dust off the decanter, to roll out the tablecloth, to polish the fine china.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
• But then, all the care in the world can’t prevent the tablecloth from getting pulled or the ground from caving in.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
• The two ladies left with a doggie bag, and a waiter changed their tablecloth.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• The tables had tablecloths, the lights were dim, music murmured from the walls and there were no drinks on the house.
  — Bill Savage, Chicago Reader, 13 June 2018
• Step 4: Fold the tablecloth in thirds lengthwise to form a compact square.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• My last look, a tablecloth with a cream knit turtleneck.
  — Vogue, 7 May 2018
• Cedric Gibbons didn’t sketch out the design on the tablecloth at the Biltmore.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 11 Feb. 2023
• Just opt for a large drop-cloth like a plastic tablecloth or old sheet.
  — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
• Huseynov stared at his big, work-swollen shepherd’s hands splayed palm down on the worn tablecloth.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
• The striped tablecloths are vintage and pictures of mushrooms hang along the walls.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• First, put the tablecloth in a plastic bag and put it in your freezer for a couple of days.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• When the news started to spread like a red wine stain on a tablecloth, there was no denying she was gone.
  — Holly Gleason, Variety, 15 Aug. 2021
• Barnes and Powell bring a fine-dining approach to the All Steak, with white tablecloths, fine wines and a menu to match.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al.com, 26 June 2019
• Red-and-white checkered tablecloths and an exposed stone wall pay homage to Italy.
  — al, 22 Aug. 2019
• The heaping plates overflowed, spilling rice and meat onto the vinyl tablecloth.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
• The Hongs met 11 years ago in the kitchen of the Santa Monica white-tablecloth classic Mélisse.
  — WSJ, 15 July 2021
• It was printed on napkins and tablecloths, hats and bows.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
• Red-and-white checkered tablecloths, the sound of burgers sizzling, and long warm nights.
  — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 23 May 2018
• Most of us don't eat every meal and snack in a dining room on a table with a tablecloth.
  — Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 28 Feb. 2019
• Weisman had landed on the floor and was flat on his back amid an upturned ashtray, a cast-off tablecloth and a clutter of broken crystal.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• Begin with a table of any kind and a decorative tablecloth.
  — Zayda Rivera, Parents, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024