Example Sentences

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Even the lounge area is carefully designed for those looking to just enjoy a cocktail, with mosaic tabletops and another piece by Claudia Wieser hanging over the bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

She also piles fresh lemons on tabletops, a tip from a friend who suggested it as a way of adding color.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

But Farmer, Li, and colleagues only cleaned horizontal surfaces like floors and tabletops, not the walls and ceilings, which may be where the remaining emissions originated.

From National Geographic • Oct. 13, 2023

The interior mixed light wood accents and polished white granite tabletops with paper lanterns and wall decor inspired by sliding paper screen doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

When I was the last student left in the cafeteria, the janitor, who was putting the chairs on the tabletops so the floor could be mopped, told me it was time to go.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls