How To Use Cupboard In A Sentence

For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans.
Conventional boilers heat up a store of water using a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and a header tank somewhere high - usually the loft.
Being in the airing cupboard was like being in the book. Times, Sunday Times
But somehow this latest encounter with Matthew had been even more disturbing than their encounter in the cupboard.

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Use your noddle - clear the shelves before you paint the cupboard!
And the hospital is kept thoroughly clean and dusted every day - and that included the tops of cupboards and places that you do not normally see.
In a language that invents descriptive terms with drunken abandon, all food writers suffer from the meagre cupboard of gastronomic terms. Times, Sunday Times
(Bush and Dr Cheney legacy), not just lock it up in cupboards. another inspiration for my writing is this innovative musician and activist fighting racism, Islamo-phobia and injustice head on through his "Rhythm and beats". although his documentaries and DIY cook book music genre are termed irreverence bordering treason against queen and country and glorifying terrorism among the Pakistani and Muslim youth of Britain, But it is merely exposing the truth about the sentiments of equality, discrimination, integration and assimilation. Pak Tea House
There was two or three chairs, that might have been worth, in their best days, from eightpence to a shilling a – piece; a small deal table, an old corner cupboard with nothing in it, and one of those bedsteads which turn up half way, and leave the bottom legs sticking out for you to knock your head against, or hang your hat upon; no bed, no bedding. Sketches by Boz
Apparently, the contents of the whisky cupboard were undamaged, to the relief of all concerned.
Style's fashion cupboard and my wardrobe are swimming in suede at the moment. Times, Sunday Times
The boys move through the house, opening cupboards and shedding socks, leaving a Hansel and Gretel trail of chocolate coin foil, crumbs, used tissues and satsuma peel. Diary of a separation
We bought the cupboard on the understanding that we could return it if it wasn't suitable.
What the something might be, the sound soon explained; he was applying keys tentatively to a cupboard, a closet, and a scrutoire, in the hidden part of the room. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
Central heating and fitted cupboards with a lack of air are the key causes. Times, Sunday Times
The arched cupboards flanking the fireplace held the silver and best ceramics and glass in the house.
It is all white, with maximum workspace and minimum cupboards, and has a built-in breakfast table and matching chairs.
Now, the kitchen is charming yet functional, with fitted heavy duty cupboards, red-tiled worksurfaces and a window seat.
he cupboard was full of rubbish.
It retains not only its original octagonal stamped English brasses and ivory escutcheons but also most of its gray-blue paper drawer and cupboard lining.
The kitchen has smart black tiling, worksurfaces and cupboards.
Investigations led them to a cupboard where the stench seemed to be the strongest.
The fully fitted pine kitchen is tiled and has a large storage cupboard as well as a smaller utility press.
Daisy had a small cupboard made recently and I managed to get it varnished this morning.
Hymen blew his torch out, put it into the cupboard for use on a future day, and exchanged his garish saffron-coloured robe for decent temporary mourning. The Newcomes
When you have laid in your store, you should draw on it regularly for day-to-day use, replacing what you use by new purchases, so that the stock in your cupboard is constantly being changed.
Get cleaning bucket and powder and disinfectant from the broom cupboard.
This is practically an instant meal that you can make from store cupboard ingredients. Asthma and Eczema - special diet cookbook
I could imagine the garlicked sausages to have been a remnant left in a mouldy cupboard by some impoverished hidalgo of a hundred years back. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
Measure the depth of the cupboard/shelf.
The utility room is fully tiled and has a selection of laundry cupboards as well as a washer-dryer.
Small steps could make a big difference; by having cupboards painted instead of replaced you can save a fortune. Times, Sunday Times
They wrestled against the back cupboard, knocking a keg of ale to the floor.
And the dinginess of the article produced at last out of an omnium-gatherum sort of kitchen cupboard, made an ominous impression upon the country girl, accustomed Mistress and Maid. A Household Story.
These are the lightest, crispiest breadcrumbs around and keep for months in the cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
Good hiding places include up a tree, under the stairs or inside a cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
The mouse ran behind the cupboard.
His gifts were all products from his establishment, to wit: six boxes of jujubes, a whole jar of racahout, three cakes of marshmallow paste, and six sticks of sugar-candy into the bargain that he had come across in a cupboard. Madame Bovary
Officers discovered her locked in a cupboard under the stairs and covered in cigarette burns.
Television writers are usually tiny, weak, sunlight-deprived saps who are kept chained to a wall in a cupboard.
I cannot think of drinking our good madam's wine myself, I assure you; I will just put it by the spence, (_spence_ means _cupboard_) till David is beginning to get about again, and then I think it will help to strengthen him. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People
His bed and mosquito net are at one end of the scorching metal box, a desk, medicine cupboard and diagnostic equipment at the other. Times, Sunday Times
I cursed her as I searched through the kitchen cupboards for something to eat.
A new fitted kitchen with timber framed windows overlooks the rear of the property and one of the two bedrooms has a walk-in cupboard providing generous storage space.
The marble-topped washstand was fitted with towel rails, a mirrored splashback, and a neat little cupboard. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
The walls were covered with pictures and over the workbench was a cupboard containing books and songs; the little kitchen was full of shining plates and metal pans or by means of a ladder it was possible to go out on the roof where, in the gutters between it and the neighbor's house, there was a great chest filled with soil. Archive 2006-01-01
Unscrewing all of the knobs from the kitchen cabinets and hiding them all over the kitchen is not going to make me more willing to show you what is in the cupboard under the sink. Archive 2006-04-01
Naturally that had merely increased Blythe's curiosity, for the public, hence journalists, loved skeletons in cupboards.
He wondered whether anyone would object to him typing up his story in a nice, dark broom cupboard.
He found the two convector heaters, slightly chipped and rusting, in the cupboard under the stairs. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
I couldn't afford more than a broom cupboard to set up office in.
They ask for more funds, but the cupboard is bare.
It also offers conclusive proof that people were safer sheltering in the cupboard under the stairs. Times, Sunday Times
My thoughts go toward things like greasing a squeaky cupboard hinge, removing stickers from glass, general engine maintenance and other uses not involving food preparation.
And I'll be darned if I'll buy them and then let them rot in the cupboard.
One built-in meter cupboard. Wall mounted electric heater.
I told him it was against my duty, sir; but he told me I must never dispute the Church, so he walked in and examined everything -- _everything_; he even opened the cupboards. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
Raid the cupboards and the fridge; eat all the crisps that I call brunch; School holidays!
The cupboard would hardly close, with all the shoes thrown in anyhow.
The aumbry on the north side in the south choir aisle has been glazed, and is utilised as a cupboard to hold some curiosities. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Store all medicines, whether tablets, inhalers, or syrup, out of reach of children, and preferably in a locked cupboard, even if they have child resistant lids.
When she opened the cupboard, Alvin saw the inch-high Tyrannosaurus erect and gaping pinkly among the mugs.
But I belong here, with the wheelie bins and abattoirs, bathless cupboards and verbal fiction. My inner estate agent
He can build cupboards, beds, chairs, television units - all kinds of furniture.
I found these apples mouldering in the cupboard.
There was a lawn tennis court and eleven indoor staff, there was fishing and shooting, and adventures for the children, with tree houses and charades; a family orchestra and dressing up in clothes from the huge dressing-up cupboard on wet days. Mrs. Miniver
On the top floor, the dragon is in the air, with writhing translucent light-filled ceilings and walls curvaceously sculpted to make benches, cupboards and seats.
Slamming and reopening the cupboards below the sink several times, he finally produced a large bag of dog food and several cans of soft puppy food.
Well what did I do I here you all eagerly asking well what do you do in this situation good old pasta after all don't we all tend to have some lying around somewhere in the depths of our larders or cupboards.
Inside the room one corner was taken up with a deep enamel sink and a small cupboard above for crockery.
Glasses go right side up in the cupboard.
Something like Mouse Hunt gets boffo laughs with scenes where a cupboard takes three shots to fall on Lee Evans.
The carved foliage with ribbons and laurel wreaths applied to the center of the end cupboards relates to carvings on some of the best Federal mantels and overmantels in New Orleans.
Andrew took two plates out of the cupboard and dished out servings for both of them.
On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements.
Alternatively, look in the food cupboard for a suitable plastic container.
Most modern cupboards have a false bottom. Times, Sunday Times
Ransack your cupboards for Angostura Bitters, vermouth and lime juice, and prepare the tall glasses.
This space could also be crammed with wall-to-wall cupboards, reducing the need for kitchen storage in the main room to a minimum. Times, Sunday Times
With extreme carefulness, Sam tiptoed to the lowest kitchen cupboard and opened it.
This addition complements Labspace's existing business in the manufacture of lab furniture, fume cupboards and associated equipment.
The van had a hollow bottom, the kitchen had been built over a cellar and the stairs concealed a broom cupboard. Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
So the provisioner went in followed by the portress and the Porter and went on till they reached a spacious ground floor hall,148 built with admirable skill and beautified with all manner colours and carvings; with upper balconies and groined arches and galleries and cupboards and recesses whose curtains hung before them. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Far in the innermost corner of the outlying sheepcote at Bali, to which the sun's rays never reach, Arni built himself a little cupboard. Seven Icelandic Short Stories
She can use the whole depth of the cupboard with ease.
A mahogany breakfast table sold at ￡200; an astral glazed pine cupboard ￡200 and a marble top washstand ￡180.
As the air cleared they saw that apart from a small linen cupboard there was little actual damage to the building.
In the recovery room and three theatres, the drugs cupboards had been opened using force and the metal cupboards inside had been opened with keys.
Sunday morning one weekend, I was searching for coffee filters through the kitchen cupboards.
I now spend most nights foraging the refrigerator and the cupboards for ingredients to concoct something he would like.
One curved walnut kitchen cupboard had eight layers of gloss applied to perfect its sheen. Times, Sunday Times
Even to remove an item from the bathroom cupboard to the wash basin or lavatory required authority.
There are hundreds of stories like Jefferson's on the Westside; practically every household, it seems, is stocked with inhalers and a cupboard full of pills.
The kitchen cupboards looked unsalvageable; like most standard units they were predominantly chipboard. Times, Sunday Times
Imagine my reaction then as I stumble out of the cupboard buttoning up the flies on my jeans and two secretaries are walking past.
Big-hearted Evening Press readers have stepped in to supply new playthings for sick children - after thieves raided their toy cupboard.
Back home it's quiet enough, and uncrowded, and the shelves in my cupboard, unlike those in the supermarket, are well stocked.
And now that I've drooled over Danny's site, my eyes are wandering over to the cupboard where I keep a secret stash of notebooks, colouring pencils and of course a supply of purple pens.
A long cupboard rested against the wall, the polished top displaying an array of coloured glass goblets, decanters, jugs and bowls of fruit and berries and nuts.
There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
Style's fashion cupboard and my wardrobe are swimming in suede at the moment. Times, Sunday Times
An extremly intricate knot orginally used for belaying the topgallant foresheets of a gaff-rigged China clipper, and now more commonly observed when trying to gen an old kite out of the cupboard under the stairs. The Meaning of Liff
Or you could line the walls with bookshelves from waist-level, with cupboards underneath to provide storage and serving space.
Then she took out a lump of sandalwood from the wall cupboard, washed it, broke it in pieces, dissolved it in water and cleaned her face and arms with the paste.
False cupboard fronts can be used to hide washing machines and other appliances. Times, Sunday Times
Put them with some damp potting compost into polythene bags and place somewhere warm such as at the top of your airing cupboard. The Sun
Ok, call me a terminal sad case but this is probably going to end up in my cupboard.
I am rifling through the cupboards in rising irritation, through the dirty laundry, through the collection of "bags for life" that clog the hallway.
It is fitted with floor and eye level cupboards, with a spacious walk-in pantry providing additional storage.
In the kitchen I sat and looked down at the white and black checkerboard tile, the white walls and cupboards and counter and fixtures. SILENT JOE
And there wasn't a cunningly concealed cupboard to be seen. Times, Sunday Times
Its prettiness helps explain its survival in boxes and cupboards for more than half a century, its original tuition (example: how to tell a barque from a brigantine) long forgotten. A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable!
the cupboard was bare
His gifts were all products from his establishment, to wit: six boxes of jujubes, a whole jar of racahout, three cakes of marsh-mallow paste, and six sticks of sugar-candy, into the bargain, that he had come across in a cupboard. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life
I found myself broadcasting from a broom cupboard. House Points: Chris Huhne and Sky News
The walls were lined with racks and shelves and cupboards and cabinets holding an assortment of equipment in organized rows.
There had been their playroom, and in the large cupboard were games - draughts, chess, jigsaws, snakes and ladders and ludo. THE BLACK OPAL
The room has a built-in wardrobe and storage cupboard and ceiling access to an attic storage area.
The cook needs room to get at the cooker, sink and cupboards without hindrance.
There's some sugar in the cupboard.
From here, a glass-panelled door connects to the large country style kitchen with its pine dresser and cupboards.
The prisoners of war have made these beds themselves as well as some handsome sideboards, cupboards, tables and easy chairs. Work Camp 11033 GW
There was evidence of mouse habitation in two cupboards and on top of the washing machine.
Put them with some damp potting compost into polythene bags and place somewhere warm such as at the top of your airing cupboard. The Sun
Rose, on her hands and knees on the upstairs landing as she did an emergency sort-out of the airing cupboard, rolled her eyes. JUST BETWEEN US
When you have won, your medal goes into the cupboard or the safe in the bank. The Sun
Lest you picture me cowering in this cupboard to escape some hulking brute of a husband, let me assure you that the marquess has been the very model of solicitousness. One Night Of Scandal
On Saturday we continued with the sorting out and tackled three boxes of assorted stuff that have been carefully hidden away in the cupboards in the spare room since we moved in over eighteen months ago.
I walked over to the cupboard, pulling down a mug, then filled it with the sweet bitter taste of homemade coffee.
He said he believed then she had been stockpiling tablets at home and he emptied the kitchen cupboard where she kept them.
Cue frantic suggestions of random food groups that might just go together, then scavenging in empty cupboards like rabid dogs on heat. Times, Sunday Times
Many different types are available, from island cooker hoods to integrated hoods that fit under cupboards, chimney hoods to wall-mounted panel extractors.
The cupboards had all been completely emptied.
Just by spending 15-20 minutes once a week to make sure your wardrobes and storage cupboards are tidy will make you feel in control. The Sun
I hid the drum behind an armchair, unpacked my bag, put the backpack back in the bottom of the airing cupboard, and stayed.
Weapons of a certain power have to be licensed and everyone who applies for a licence is carefully vetted, and must keep their guns in locked, burglar-proof cupboards.
But if you've got one languishing at the back of a cupboard, pull it out and try the pizza dough programme. The Sun
I go to the cupboard and get some shoyu.
Fat gilded cupids sprawled abandonedly above the cupboards, tooting horns, waving their draperies, and generally looking as though they had been imbibing some of the more alcoholic wares of the shop. Dragonfly in Amber
So I've just put everything on the bottom shelf in the cupboard.
Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the olive has one of the most distinctive flavours in your kitchen cupboard, a flavour you can trust.
Working on a rosewood corner cupboard veneered in burr walnut, and featuring an inlaid marquetry honeysuckle design, will always remain one of Luke's favourite jobs.
Much of her vast collection is kept in concealed cupboards in her apartment, the rest is stored in her offices. Times, Sunday Times
From this month you can buy direct their organic all-year-round storecupboard supplies along with seasonal delights like gooseberry confiture, tomato and basil jelly and summer garden piccalilli.
We could knock a hole through the wall into the cupboard.
The cupboard door kept swinging open only to be thumped closed by Ivan, who had incorporated this gesture into the rhythm of the dance.
Covers were going on typewriters, the coffee machine being unplugged, cupboard doors shut and locked. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
She split her head open on the cupboard door.
At the weekly outdoor markets, think of your store cupboard instead of your wardrobe.
Much of her vast collection is kept in concealed cupboards in her apartment, the rest is stored in her offices. Times, Sunday Times
Clear out things in this cupboard, please.
The one to four room flats had built-in wardrobes and cupboards, electric fires, and a communal central heating and hot water system.
My mind is a fanciful beast, painting its way across the cupboards -- a jabberwock on the prowl. Stem-d Diary Entry
Ask the carpenter to build in some cupboards.
Random checks on departmental stores and godowns will bring the skeletons out of the cupboard.
The period was not the studio's finest hour and he did not fit in, spending more time hiding in a cupboard than at his desk drawing.
I recommend keeping a little jar of dried porcini mushrooms in the back of your cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
Let's just shove everything back into the cupboards, clean the floor and go.
I forced the lock on the cupboard to see what was inside.
The bathroom was little more than a small ancillary chamber -- a walk-in cupboard, more or less. THE CALLIGRAPHER
When they were young, we had generously made the sitting room their playroom because it was sunny with lots of cupboard space for their toys. Times, Sunday Times
When I am gone, lay me in a plain white jelly-pot, with a parchment cover, and on the label write ---- but come nearer, I have a secret for your ear alone ... there are strange things in some cupboards! Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890
Bacteria in shoes can continue to breed overnight, especially if put in an unventilated cupboard. The Sun
It should be kept in damp conditions to be stable, but some teachers have left it in dry cupboards, making it volatile. The Sun
The van had a hollow bottom, the kitchen had been built over a cellar and the stairs concealed a broom cupboard. Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
Pursuivant, mentally exhausted, found a cupboard under some stairs and went to sleep in it.
My cases go in the cupboard under the stairs.
If you do buy it in transparent plastic or glass bottles store it in a darkened cupboard. Alternative Health Care for Women
Together the pair will sift through drawers, cupboards and storage places in a bid to turn your old junk, clutter and rubbish in hard cash for something special.
Reaching up to a cupboard he takes out a jar and twists the lid off.
A man in Swindon recently had a particularly terrifying shock when he found a nest of poisonous spiders in his kitchen cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
Many kids are scared of monsters under the bed, ogres and bogeymen lurking in wardrobes and the cupboard under the stairs.
All four are equipped with either built-in wardrobes or cupboards.
One cop found unmade bedding in a bedroom and saw a cupboard locked by a latch from the outside. The Sun
Clear out things in this cupboard, please.
This is whole-grain white flint cornmeal, which would go rancid and buggy in your cupboard faster than cheese.
A cupboard stands in the corner of the room.
A pantry was a room or large cupboard where dry goods were kept. Times, Sunday Times
He wrapped a quilt around my shoulders, put a plate containing one and a half stale bannocks in front of me, and went to rootle in the cupboard after soap, washcloth, and linen towels. Drums of Autumn
They are ideal as little storage containers in your food cupboard. The Sun
There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
Drill a hole through the back of the cupboard and pass the wires through.
I hope they didn't mistreat him, lock him in the cupboard or anything. SUMMER OF SECRETS
If Nanny was pouring sherry then she was probably by the sideboard, using not the sherry decanter, which is always empty, but a bottle taken out of the cupboard beneath it. Michael Frayn: The day my life changed
The extraction of expensively heated warm air from the laboratory through fume cupboards is another area of concern.
He is seeking something to eat in the cupboard.
cupboard beautifully he's a real artist.
Your cupboards are full of new clothes, shoes, jewellery and make-up, either unworn with labels still attached or worn once and never touched again.
Three small parcels were discovered in a cupboard at a city centre language school. The Sun
They will keep for months in a cool cupboard, after they have been "doctored" all over with a thin coating of cooking oil. The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home
Donorlabeled cupboards filled with shallow drawers of shells line one side of the upstairs office area.
Store the potatoes for short periods in a dark cupboard.
Not only was the room in a filthy state, the food cupboard contained just a tin of mushy peas, baked beans and corned beef.
When you have won, your medal goes into the cupboard or the safe in the bank. The Sun
If you have a hot-water tank in your roof, check your airing cupboard or next to the tank in the roof for the shut-off valves.
Mr. Lander's inconsistency between this item and, say, the cupboards, is noteworthy.
Have a think about the things in your cupboards and bathroom cabinets, and tell me this: Do you always buy the same kind of toothpaste?
Storage boxes underneath can be used instead of cupboards. Times, Sunday Times

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