wall-to-wall
adjective
1
: covering the entire floor
wall-to-wall carpeting
2
a
: covering or filling one entire space or time
a party crammed with wall-to-wall bodies
b
: occurring or found everywhere : ubiquitous
Examples of wall-to-wall in a Sentence
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At schools that are not wall-to-wall magnets, students who are zoned for the school will still receive the same transportation access.
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2024
His office is wall-to-wall film memorabilia, and his Emmys sit on a table by the door, where visitors are encouraged to hold them.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Right-wing supporters of the former president have already announced plans to protest near the courthouse on Monday as jury selection begins, and cable news networks have promised wall-to-wall coverage of the case.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the wall-to-wall coverage of Simpson’s legal showdown, having entranced the nation, delivered a hefty viewership boost to outlets such as CNN and Court TV, helping to cement cable’s role as a destination for live news.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But these more concerning moments came and went without wall-to-wall coverage on cable news and social media.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
But by the time your brain catches up with the inconsistencies, McAnuff’s production has moved on, carried by one earworm after another and wall-to-wall (literally) kinetic projections.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
There would only be a few people inside the Louvre, which is normally inundated with wall-to-wall foot traffic.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
By late 2022, more than 100 people were living there in wall-to-wall tents alongside seven-figure bungalows, a shop selling $180 linen pillowcases and the Gold’s Gym that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous.
—Jill Cowan, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2024
His office is wall-to-wall film memorabilia, and his Emmys sit on a table by the door, where visitors are encouraged to hold them.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Right-wing supporters of the former president have already announced plans to protest near the courthouse on Monday as jury selection begins, and cable news networks have promised wall-to-wall coverage of the case.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the wall-to-wall coverage of Simpson’s legal showdown, having entranced the nation, delivered a hefty viewership boost to outlets such as CNN and Court TV, helping to cement cable’s role as a destination for live news.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But these more concerning moments came and went without wall-to-wall coverage on cable news and social media.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
But by the time your brain catches up with the inconsistencies, McAnuff’s production has moved on, carried by one earworm after another and wall-to-wall (literally) kinetic projections.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
There would only be a few people inside the Louvre, which is normally inundated with wall-to-wall foot traffic.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
By late 2022, more than 100 people were living there in wall-to-wall tents alongside seven-figure bungalows, a shop selling $180 linen pillowcases and the Gold’s Gym that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous.
—Jill Cowan, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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