Examples of cupboard in a Sentence
Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
So bare was the cupboard that last year the British military considered sourcing multiple rocket launchers from museums to upgrade and donate to Ukraine, an idea that was dropped.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
The title does have an air of at least temporary finality to it, as if the cupboard is bare.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
After six months of strikes, the primetime cupboard is pretty bare.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
The victim was found in a cupboard in his camper van and in good health, police said.
—Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
Declutter your cupboard by swapping out your stockpots and dutch ovens and saucepots with this all-in-one master, with 10-inch diameter, that can boil, crisp, bake, braise, roast, steam and strain — all while sitting pretty.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
Preserving kitchen cabinets often makes both financial and ecological sense, but rare is the person who can fully embrace 1990s cupboards.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
Some residents have stopped going out altogether, subsisting on whatever was in their cupboards on Oct. 7.
—Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
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1530, in the meaning defined above
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“Cupboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupboard. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
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