How to Use drawer in a Sentence

drawer

noun
  • There are some pens in my desk drawer.
  • He stood there in only his drawers.
  • There’s a touchscreen on its chest and a large drawer where a stomach would be.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • That filet knife, presumed to be the murder weapon, had been taken from a kitchen drawer.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2022
  • An open drawer in the Wood home kitchen where a filet knife, thought to be the murder weapon, was kept.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Remove the drawers from the dresser and wrap them to keep the clothes from getting dirty or falling out.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The drawer liners are perfumed with fragrance oils that diffuse as they are exposed to air.
    Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Not just within a suitcase, but also inside a hotel drawer.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The customer-favorite table has a fabric drawer, an open shelf, and a surface that can hold up to 15 pounds of stuff.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The issue was eventually fixed and voters were given the option to place their ballots in a secure drawer, known as box three.
    Arit John, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Where does one put it all without having to rummage and ransack every drawer, bathroom cabinet, or toiletry bag in sight?
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Inside, there's a separate freezer, adjustable glass shelving, and a veggie crisper drawer, plus door storage bins.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The investigation begins An open drawer in the Wood home kitchen where the knife, thought to be the murder weapon, was kept.
    Lauren Turner Dunn, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Your family members or roommates can then pull their belongings from the cart and put them in their bedrooms, backpacks, offices, or kitchen drawers.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Getting this beard requires putting your razor, shaving cream, beard trimmer, and any other shaving accoutrements in a drawer and locking it.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Your life would suck without this art deco inspired media console, featuring two sliding drawers and adjustable interior shelves.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Oct. 2024
  • There is something very appealing about the sheer substantiality of their thing-ness — thing-ness, not solidity, since a drawer’s function is owing to its being an encase void.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
  • At the bottom of the stove was a drawer that held pots and pans.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
  • Just press and hold the icon in the app drawer and tap Uninstall.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The gun’s case was in a dresser drawer, but not the gun.
    cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Lea’s Olympic medals, Erik said with a laugh, are in a sock drawer.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
  • The easy-to-empty waste drawer holds a week’s worth of waste per cat.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Soon enough, tank tops will be pushed to the back of the drawer as sweaters take center stage.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • One of the highlights for her was the brass pull-out drawers with the linen lining.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Lucia dug around in the drawers and pulled out a big black T-shirt.
    Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • Use a toothbrush that is ready to be retired to the craft drawer.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Jenkins said the boy pulled out a dresser drawer and stepped up to reach the purse.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And spring is the perfect time to restock your undies drawer.
    Emilia Benton, womenshealthmag.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Take the time to open all drawers and doors to confirm the slides and hinges work properly.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Be sure not to let your old gadgets just fill up a junk drawer.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023

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