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
television programming feels as if there are wall-to-wall sitcoms these days
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After six months of wall-to-wall campaigning, the Academy Awards nominations are finally upon us, and scores of Hollywood’s biggest stars struck out in the ninth inning.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
Macdonald has been wall-to-wall brilliant in his second season in Seattle.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Although you might be tempted by the tile choices below at a showroom or based on one square sample, interior designers say these five can be overwhelming when used wall-to-wall or on both the walls and the floor.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
Deluxe rooms are spacious with neutral, textured wallpaper, soft wall-to-wall turquoise-green carpet, and panoramic windows framing a scintillating Shinjuku (or, with luck, Mount Fuji on the horizon).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
Macdonald has been wall-to-wall brilliant in his second season in Seattle.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Although you might be tempted by the tile choices below at a showroom or based on one square sample, interior designers say these five can be overwhelming when used wall-to-wall or on both the walls and the floor.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
Deluxe rooms are spacious with neutral, textured wallpaper, soft wall-to-wall turquoise-green carpet, and panoramic windows framing a scintillating Shinjuku (or, with luck, Mount Fuji on the horizon).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Wall-to-wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall-to-wall. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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