How to Use drawer in a Sentence

drawer

noun
  • There are some pens in my desk drawer.
  • He stood there in only his drawers.
  • At the bottom of the stove was a drawer that held pots and pans.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Be sure not to let your old gadgets just fill up a junk drawer.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Fold the legs & arms until the figure fits neat as a book of matches in a drawer.
    Terrance Hayes, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
  • All of this data is contained within the drawers of the MVZ.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At-home remedies for puffy eyes Reach for a spoon from the utensil drawer.
    Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2023
  • Remove everything from the drawer, wipe it down, and go through the process above.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But my curls have never looked better, so for now, the clippers will stay in the drawer.
    WIRED, 19 June 2023
  • Change out over-the-range microwaves for counter or drawer versions.
    Dawn McMullan, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In the bedroom fans will be able to open a drawer and read a letter young Messi wrote.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • For a while, the younger Campbell kept the drawers to the desk locked, not wanting to open them, not yet ready to remember.
    Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But most scripts coming out of the lab are now gathering dust in a drawer.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And Al just had it in a drawer in the bottom of this, like, cabinet in the museum.
    Flora Lichtman, Scientific American, 31 May 2023
  • The couple used twists of old raffia that Graf found in a drawer for their wedding bands.
    Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Therefore, the best place to store potatoes is someplace cool, dark, and dry like a drawer or pantry.
    Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2023
  • There are four shelves and two drawers on both sides, as well as five fridge door bins and two freezer door bins.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The charcoal drawer makes adding charcoal and smoker chips a breeze.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Her number is in my date book in the second drawer of my nightstand.
    Town & Country, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The tampon in question will never be found at the bottom of a purse, or tucked in a desk drawer at the office.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Keep your books in a basket, store toiletries in trays and add dividers to drawers.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Take it, wear it once in a while when Mom is there, stick it in a drawer and then pass it onto your children.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • The drawers pull down and are perfect for concealing shoes.
    Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The cabinet features three flip drawers, each with enough space for three pairs of shoes and up to nine total in the units.
    Ali Faccenda, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2024

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