Example sentences for: carpet

How can you use “carpet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Rushes taken from the lakes were traditionally used to carpet church floors in the Lake District, and once a year, to refresh this floor covering, children from the village would ceremonially carry a new batch of rushes into the church.

  • "A pensive President Clinton bites his lower lip in the Oval Office after ordering the carpet bombing of Capitol Hill.

  • For fear of litigation the companies use new only if the roof, carpet, or whatever was replaced at the time of listing.

  • The fine white-washed town of Arraiolos, 21 km (13 miles) north of Évora, is famed for its carpet workshops.

  • With the Museum of Fine Arts (see page 105) near the intersection of Crescent Street, Sherbrooke is the town’s main “gallery row,” where high-priced antiques, jewelry, silverware, and Oriental carpet shops mingle.


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