How to Use roof in a Sentence

roof

1 of 2 noun

• The roof of the old barn collapsed.
• He bit into a hot slice of pizza and burned the roof of his mouth.
• The inn’s roof caved in at about 1:30 a.m., the chamber said.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Stock prices are through the roof, among the best performing in the world.
  — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• The winds got so bad that our fence flew off, pieces of our roof.
  — Tamara Conniff As Told To Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
• Keep in Mind The gabled roof limits the amount of usable space.
  — Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• But an iPhone cannot survive a fall from the roof of my car.
  — Michael Blackmon, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• Everything else is just stacked to the roof with garbage.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
• But the real star of the show is the 30-inch slide that attaches to the roof and leads into a pool.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The closet has a crawl space good for storage under the roof.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• The Apex package adds black roof cross bars, front and rear splash guards and a roof platform.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Two hives, each home to thousands of bees, were placed on the roof of the Rudman building in March.
  — Mark Pratt, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Part of their roof was damaged, and neighbors' trees fell in their yard.
  — Sheila Yount Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
• Suleiman pointed to the cracks in the chapel’s ceiling that opened when shells struck the church’s roof during the last major war in 2006.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The heavy rainfall had pooled atop the roof and was leaking through a skylight above the stairwell.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• Solar panels on the roof of a home in az-Zarnūg village.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
• Then there’s the stairway leading to a hatch that opens onto the roof, where Zdarsky showed me his sniper’s nest.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• Stipe had booked the studio on the third floor, which opened onto a patio on the building’s roof.
  — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• Here’s what pushed ride-share prices through the roof, and how the companies are working to bring them back down.
  — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
• Hound and Harvest is a team-up between two dudes who’ve shared the same roof before.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 19 June 2023
• The car is topped by a panoramic glass roof that creates a light and airy feel inside the cabin.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• The couple finished paying off their home in April and planned to add new siding and fix the leaky roof.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• Many fans were injured when large sheets of ice fell off the roof of AT&T Stadium.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• The car's roof on the passenger side had been removed so the animal could fit.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Those who were in need of water could fill their tanks, which were usually placed on the roofs of their homes.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Your furry friends can also join you on the taproom's main floor until 9 p.m., but not on the roof.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• The state park put roofs over the cars and double-sided wooden bench seats lengthwise down the centers.
  — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• Coast Guard video showed the victim sitting on the roof of the truck while a guardsman was lowered down to pull them to safety.
  — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
• For a nightcap, head to the hotel’s cheerful roof deck for a spritz and sweeping views of the Newport harbor.
  — Vogue, 24 July 2023
• The Overtrail also has beefier roof rails, a skid plate, and other styling tweaks.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023

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roof

2 of 2 verb

• Nicholas, Dave, Janette and John roofed the house and the garage.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2020
• At the 5:56 mark, Carter Rowney roofed a short-handed goal.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• This means Lotus can lower the floor, seats, and roof to drop the ride height to 105 mm.
  — Jeremy White, Wired, 1 Jan. 2022
• Plus, the shade works well with warm and cool trim and roofing colors alike.
  — Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 17 Mar. 2023
• Barkov roofed a shot from a sharp angle for his first goal of the season.
  — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Smith pulled the puck to his forehand and tried to roof it, but Talbot was too quick to get to it.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• The Cowboys rarely have the doors and/or roof open for September games.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2020
• The house is roofed with slate with copper for its soffits and gutters.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2019
• There are no plans, though, for a new, roofed home for the Cleveland Indians.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 30 Apr. 2018
• Skies will be sunny, and with no rain in the forecast, expect the panels and roof to be open.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
• This song feels like driving down a highway with your friend, roof off, hair blowing in the wind.
  — Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Waddell was sprawled on the ice as Greschner skated past and roofed a shot past goalie Mario Lessard to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.
  — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2017
• Stego translates roughly to roof, while uros means tail.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 Dec. 2021
• Benn took the pass on his forecheck, backhanded the puck to himself and roofed it over an outstretched Dell for a 3-0 Stars lead.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2017
• Backes was physical, hard-charging, and roofed a backhand goal on the move in the slot.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• By roofing the puck past Grubauer from the doorstep, Jake Guentzel extended his team lead in goals with his fifth.
  — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Brazile and his crew are busy inside an immense, roofed-in practice pen, down the slope from his big stone house.
  — Melissa Lyttle, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
• Henrique then scored late in the second after taking the puck from Tomas Hertl and slaloming to the crease to roof a backhand.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
• Horan roofed her shot into Thailand’s net for a 3-0 U.S. lead.
  — Alicia Delgallo, Pro Soccer USA, 3 Aug. 2018
• Her aim is to go up in the world—to the raised, roofed platforms that house bigger stands where lorries can unload directly.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• Washer and dryer in unit — plus doorman and roof access.
  — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2023
• The sites offer people a bed, roof over their heads and security.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022
• Joel Hofer bobbles it, Morozoff takes it away from him and roofs it nicely.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2019
• Some kiosks were painted with the Syrian flag; a few were roofed with tarps from the United Nations refugee agency.
  — Anne Barnard, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2016
• Downed trees and structural and roof damage to homes was also reported there.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 14 June 2023
• In Denver, Colbert's bathroom roof partly caved in from a leak last year, and the landlord delayed a fix even as rent went up $200 a month.
  — Jesse Bedayn and Michael Casey, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
• In Assassin’s Creed, from Ubisoft, the player scales buildings and hops from roof to roof for the sake of committing murders that move the story along.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2022
• At Letná Park, perched on a hill- top overlooking Prague, frame skateboarders in action against the panorama of a red- roofed cityscape.
  — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• This light and easy system attaches to most roof racks and unfurls to provide more than 40 square feet of coverage.
  — Sara Kennedy, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
• The same goes for roofing structural work, shed replacement, car canopy work and seawall repair.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 3 May 2024