How to Use coffer in a Sentence

coffer

1 of 2 noun

• That is the coffers from which a school district can pull from.
  — Mará Rose Williams august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
• But falling oil prices over the past year have drained state coffers.
  — Stephen Lezak, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
• Fun for you, for me, and fun for Disney’s coffers!
  — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
• Rhaenyra’s first shock as queen is learning of her empty coffers.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
• More than half of that pile lies, waiting, in Evans’ coffers.
  — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
• That one-time stipend cost coffers more than $20 million.
  — Niki Kelly, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
• Hochul has found the money for that worthy program in her coffers.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
• The agency charged lenders as a way to refill its coffers from last year’s bank failures.
  — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
• Ainge was a master at keeping the Celtics’ coffer of draft picks jam-packed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
• But the Blacks quickly learn there’s no gold in the coffers with which to feed the smallfolk.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
• Even casinos with bulging coffers have an upper limit.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
• Scammers find a way to talk you into moving your money from a safe place to their coffers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• The funds lost in sales and excise taxes will impact state and local coffers.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
• Money left unspent goes back into state coffers at the end of each fiscal year.
  — Paul Egan, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Over the years, the World Cup has been known to drain the coffers of host cities and countries.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
• The plan promises cleaner air, smoother rides and more funds to the agency’s coffers in the future.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• How much of that money — or more — would have landed in city coffers without the sales tax sharing deals?
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
• Extras, like raffles and merch sales, helped boost the coffers for the nonprofit.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
• Of course, all these new franchises meant great things for the company’s coffers.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• The longer oil prices remain high, the more billions the Kremlin adds to its coffers to fund the war.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
• Cities depend on the sales tax that comes from these restaurants and small businesses to fuel city coffers.
  — Joshua Bowling, azcentral, 1 Apr. 2020
• Taxpayers benefit, as well, as city coffers take in hotel tax and sales tax.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
• That hurts residents’ quality of life and the profits that feed tax coffers.
  — Tim Henderson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
• The city has millions of dollars available in its coffers, said Gentile.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• Costs from wildfire will also continue to weigh on the county’s coffers.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• Taxes on same pour $1 billion into public coffers each year.
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
• Some of this revenue goes to the state levying the tax, and about 18 cents of it goes to the federal coffers.
  — Jiachuan Wu, NBC news, 11 May 2026
• Some officials hope new data center projects could bring new tax revenue to state and local coffers.
  — Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
• Fewer fill-ups means fewer gas tax dollars flowing to state and federal coffers.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 27 May 2020
• Whether the fresh coffers are enough to push the Clarity Act over the finish line remains to be seen.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

coffer

2 of 2 verb

• Must-see rooms include the family room, with its coffered ceiling, hardwood floors, and fireplace-- one of five in the house.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
• Questions of where the state coffers stood at the end of the last fiscal year have hung over Beacon Hill for weeks.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• The rise in construction costs also has a way of bleeding the sin tax coffers dry, Silliman said.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
• Enjoy a casual meal in the dining nook that also features a coffered ceiling.
  — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
• Modern chandeliers and coffered ceilings make a case for looking upward.
  — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
• The red oak flooring found throughout the main level complements the wood paneling that is used on the walls and coffered ceiling.
  — James Alexander, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• The president and his sons alone added over $2 billion to the family coffers through their crypto ventures.
  — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 July 2026
• The office’s coffered ceiling and wainscoting are made of cherry, a warm complement to the hardwood floor.
  — Joan Walden, courant.com, 20 July 2017
• First, politicians’ main job is getting re-elected, so their view tends to be short term and influenced by lobbyists who fund their campaign coffers.
  — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• The news that Pence had drained his campaign coffers in order to buy a Taylor Swift ticket left his staffers in a state of shock.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• The home has about 6,800 square feet of living space, coffered ceilings, four bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
  — Neal J. Leitereg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Grandest of the getaways is the 32-foot library these owners added, which is richly paneled and coffered with cherry.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2017
• Features include Carrara marble floors, a gourmet kitchen, a formal dining room and coffered ceilings.
  — Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• As a bonus, the clubhouse — with its French doors, white coffered ceiling and charming veranda — might be the finest of any public course in the country.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2019
• So a growing number of suits across the state seek to recover the funds for property owners — meaning millions could drain out of county coffers.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023
• The biggest thing on her mind was the extra $200 million that was expected to pour into the county coffers a year from junkies like me.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
• This room also has cast stone fireplace, scalloped detailed coffered ceiling, and French door access to a private courtyard.
  — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 24 July 2019
• The chandelier still hangs in the center of the auditorium's coffered ceiling.
  — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• The 5,643-square-foot house has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and comes with a front courtyard, coffered ceilings and wide-plank white oak flooring.
  — Ebony Day, azcentral, 20 Jan. 2020
• With coffers fat, lawmakers sought to provide some relief to their constituents, typically through tax rebates or rate reductions.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Federal prosecutors say Santos wired some of the money to his personal bank account and used the rest to pad his campaign coffers.
  — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Don’t miss the Q restaurant and bar, with its coffered ceiling, gold and purple accents and portraits of Queen Victoria.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• For years in the United States, high culture—or, more precisely, the idea of high culture—was kept aloft with help from Cold War coffers.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Inside, potential buyers will find wooden floors, huge windows, and a living room complete with a fireplace, coffered ceiling, and French doors.
  — Matt McNulty, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019
• About $3 billion has already landed in state, county, and city coffers, and about $50 billion more is expected in the coming decade and beyond.
  — Aneri Pattani, CNN, 15 May 2023
• Federal prosecutors say Santos, who has pleaded not guilty, wired some of the money to his personal bank account and used the rest to pad his campaign coffers.
  — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023
• The estate has three living spaces, a billiard room with oak paneling and highly detailed oak coffered ceilings, four bedrooms with pine floors, lavish bathrooms and large storage spaces.
  — star-telegram, 11 June 2017
• Scott, a ferocious fundraiser, had more than $20 million in his campaign coffers at the beginning of the year, which could be transferred to a presidential campaign.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2023
• The air rights, appraised at $249 million, are expected to substantially increase the value of the condo units, in turn boosting city coffers over the term of the lease.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• Basra holds Iraq’s largest oil reserves, accounts for 80 percent of the country’s oil exports, and provides more than $7 billion a month to the government coffers.
  — Ranj Alaaldin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2018