How to Use ceiling in a Sentence

ceiling

noun
  • The house has low ceilings.
  • Moldings, trim, doors, and the ceiling are other good options.
    Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Don’t worry, the giant bowhead whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling will not fall down on you.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The primary bathroom, meanwhile, was clad floor-to-ceiling in a Porcelanosa tile with a trompe-l’oeil timber finish.
    Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Congress has to raise the ceiling by the summer in order to avoid potentially defaulting, which would cause a massive crisis that could upend the global economy.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • If making a bold statement is your ultimate goal, don’t shy away from color drenching, which is essentially covering an entire space in one shade — from walls to ceilings to cabinets.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The Biden administration is engaged in a standoff with the House Republicans over raising the debt ceiling.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The open-plan four-bedroom has stone walls, wood ceilings and floors, clerestory windows, multiple decks, a kitchen with walls of windows overlooking the trees, and an owners' suite with two bathrooms and a wood-burning fireplace.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The car comes with a large video screen that folds down from the ceiling.
    Jack Ewing, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • More:Who voted against the debt ceiling bill in the House?
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • And a lot of the new space will be clear span and have higher ceiling heights.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Press it toward the ceiling, then return it to the floor.
    Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • The Senate is slated to vote on the debt ceiling deal this week.
    Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Victorian homes were dressed to the nines, from floors to walls and all the way to the ceiling.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The best things this Kingston home has to offer aren’t the 13-feet-high ceilings or its view of the town green.
    Cathy Ching, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Below the hole in the ceiling were carts and two-wheeled dollies.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
  • Now, fans are asking - what is the ceiling for this team?
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This figure should be a floor to build on, not a ceiling to reach.
    Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023
  • In the video, an alarm sounds as objects appear to fall from the ceiling.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Hang your ghosts with fishing line from the porch ceiling.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Drops of water and brown gunk fall from the ceiling, and a thick liquid sits on the bottom of the curved floor.
    Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The floor and the ceiling are both fair game for decorating.
    Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Anything that feels like a ceiling or a cap, and that starts to feel daunting.
    Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The debt ceiling is going to be the most important of these fights.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The floor and the ceiling’s palette is neutral and in contrast with the metallic gray.
    Andrea Onate, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
  • On the wall is an almost floor to ceiling screen showing NBA footage.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Very dangerous kind of fire where they get trapped between the floor and the ceiling of the downstairs.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
  • This wooden angel hangs from the ceiling in a swag of greenery.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The uber-cool gadget projects moving galaxies and stars across the ceiling and walls.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Originally the Bowery Savings Bank, the space has vaulted ceilings and a gravitas that never wears off.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024

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