bookcase

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Recent Examples of bookcase Clodagh also redesigned the lobby, which has the look and feel of a high-end apartment, thanks to details like a cozy fireplace and a look-through bookcase with brass accents. Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025 Snag this sturdy six-tier bookcase that is large enough for shoppers’ books and more items or a two-tier console table that can hold and display decor in an entryway or hallway. Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Infused with comfy textures, coastal nods, and modern lines, these tables, chairs, bookcases, and more start at just $118. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025 An upper bedroom has a bookcase and covert panels leading to a secret room — a delight for imaginative young minds. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookcase
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookcase
Noun
  • Case Pieces Traditional case pieces, such as sideboards, china cabinets, and credenzas, can still look beautiful in today's dining rooms, explains Ashley DeLapp.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
  • The new colorway features a luxurious, jewel-toned green perfect for layering personality into everything from your dining room table to your credenza.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cold case solved over 50 years after a young mom was killed, her 3-year-old daughter left alive The victim -- 54-year-old grandmother Vivian Moss -- was found dismembered with multiple stab wounds to the chest in San Jose on July 11, 1981.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2025
  • No other words were exchanged before Mackey shot Robertson in the chest, the witness said, according to the arrest warrant.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Constructed in collaboration with Medina for the show, the cabinet becomes a metaphor for body and mind—a container for memory, for emotional sediment, for the trace elements of being.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The kitchenette comes with a stove, a sink, and cabinets to store your kitchen essentials.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • During the ceremony, Jerry Miranda, secretary of the Fleet Reserve Association Branch 70, read the names of local veterans who have died within the past year.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • The sheer complexity of a deal, which will take years to complete and require multiagency input, forced Trump’s first treasury secretary to shelve their sale, and experts believe the same hurdles pose significant challenges this time around, too.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Case Pieces Traditional case pieces, such as sideboards, china cabinets, and credenzas, can still look beautiful in today's dining rooms, explains Ashley DeLapp.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
  • Furniture came over time — an Indian metal table from Perry’s family in Trinidad, a neo-Classical mahogany sideboard from Antigua, a desk once owned by Marcus Garvey, an oil painting by the Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo.
    Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Kristen Stewart One of Cannes’s more risk-taking dressers, Stewart leaned into edgy Chanel looks that were equal parts dressy and casual.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 May 2025
  • Plus, what girl doesn’t want a bottle of Chanel on her dresser?
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The Servidors are massive and must be kept in a storage unit, but many other items are in the china closet, to the chagrin of Mr. Lepore’s mother, Virginia.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me.
    Jessica Hornik, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022

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