How to Use corner in a Sentence

corner

1 of 3 noun

• He caught the ball in the corner of the end zone.
• He went to the grocery store around the corner from the bank.
• We sat at a table in a corner of the room.
• A post marks the corner of the property.
• Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
• A group of teenagers were hanging around on the corner.
• He said something out of the corner of his mouth to the person standing next to him.
• The hotel is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.
• Place it on the corner of my plate?
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
• The next hit is right around the corner.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
• Two boys walk home from the corner store.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Here’s this corner of this room.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
• Lived on the corners and changed speeds.
  — Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
• The corners of the pan will need the most work.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• Right around my corner, there is one of those places.
  — Miguel MacIas, NPR, 13 May 2026
• Some dart their eyes to and from the corners of the room.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
• Tax Day is just around the corner.
  — Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• Fun is just around the corner—and just in time for spring, too.
  — Annabel Gat, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
• In the far corner of the Halle, there’s a dim glow.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• The game is won when the king captures a corner space.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
• Adell raced toward the ball deep in the right field corner.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• Use an old toothbrush to scrub the corners and crevices.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
• Sores had opened on my fingers and in the corners of my mouth.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Edges and corners are soft at wide apertures.
  — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
• Here are three things worth having in your corner.
  — Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
• The board was backed into a corner.
  — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• Zuriguel chooses a spot on the corner where the crowd is denser.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
• Is your death waiting around the corner?
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
• Who knew that the right people turned out to be right around the corner?
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
• Kuo showed off her ice-queen garb and noticed a friend in the corner.
  — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

corner

2 of 3 adjective

• We ate in a corner booth at the restaurant.
• Men wore tri-corner hats, white stockings, and long coats.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
• Anti-roll hydraulics and a lower stance mean body control is iron-fisted, yet still supple enough to shrug off mid-corner bumps.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
• But defensive back, specifically corner, could be a sneaky need this offseason.
  — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• The same went for some in-breaking routes, and a few post-corner routes that uncovered for a sideline shot perfect against the opponent’s Cover 2.
  — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• Yes, lighting kitchen countertops, but also closet shelves, corner coffee nooks, bar cabinets, utility rooms, powder rooms, and more.
  — Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
• Yes, lighting kitchen countertops, but also closet shelves, corner coffee nooks, bar cabinets, utility rooms, powder rooms, and more.
  — Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2025

corner

3 of 3 verb

• Police cornered the suspect in a backyard.
• The interviewer cornered the politician with some probing questions.
• He cornered the actress and demanded her autograph.
• A cornered animal can be dangerous.
• Then, Paul corners her and wants to have it out.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
• Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.
  — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• They were cornered by the suspects and killed, Wahl said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 May 2026
• They were cornered by the suspects and killed, Wahl said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 May 2026
• Rideout followed her, cornered her in a park, and took her home.
  — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
• This volunteer then blocked my way and cornered me.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
• Nobody has the market cornered on grief and heartache.
  — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
• Julien, cornered, confirms this.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
• The Giants have cornered themselves with their own rhetoric.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Agents acted quickly and cornered the driver with weapons drawn.
  — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
• Neither party has cornered the market on good ideas.
  — Martin J. Walsh, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• In one instance, a pup died after being cornered by a group of people.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• The witness ran after the suspect and was able to corner him, police say.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2020
• Nvidia had in fact pretty much cornered the market on speedy chips, not just in game consoles but in cars, too.
  — Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
• The ultra-slim wand reaches from corner to corner to coat every lash.
  — Lily Wohlner, Allure, 28 Mar. 2026
• In its suit, Disney stressed that it was cornered into suing.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
• For now, Prada has the market cornered on out-of-this-world space fashion.
  — Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 15 May 2026
• In a parking lot, Friedmann was cornered by police.
  — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Unlike with deer hunting, wolf hunters and trappers can operate at night and use dogs to corner wolves.
  — Todd Richmond, ajc, 24 Feb. 2021
• When Ferebee climbed down, a brigadier general cornered him.
  — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
• In recent days, fans tightly cornered Tatis for autographs in front of a fence.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
• Miles said Groom cornered one of the women and while screaming at her, used his hand to pound the wall beside her head.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• Time to corner some real estate in the Cole Payton camp.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• There were Nolley and Schmutte, waiting for the right moment to corner him.
  — Jessica Contrera, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
• Never run from wildlife, as this can encourage chasing, and never corner them.
  — Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
• The Dolphins say their plan wasn’t to corner the market on Texas Longhorns.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026