Example sentences for: commode

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

  • He keeps the characters at arm's length: When the doctor treats a half-naked woman who has overdosed in Ziegler's commodious commode, the shot is another of those fisheye specials that makes the space seem cavernous yet oppressive; Kubrick seems more alert to the color scheme--the towel that covers her breasts matches the turquoise of the shower--than to the woman's suffering (which will later be of more than passing significance).

  • The name close-stool , which makes an appearance in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well of 1606 and John Florio's Montaigne of 1603, was also inspired by the furniture in which it was cased, as was commode .

  • Addressing someone by name, after identifying them by their shoes while they are sitting on the commode, seems downright rude to me.

  • A renowned Japanese toilet manufacturer has invented a commode that analyzes your urine's blood sugar--a boon to diabetics.

  • Some people (mistakenly) think that the slang term for a commode was named for Thomas Crapper , English plumber.


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