How to Use desk in a Sentence
desk
noun- We will ask for directions to the restaurant at the front desk.
- We went to the reception desk to check into our room.
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The check-in desk moved from the 19th floor to the first.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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When the cars crossed the line, Wolff stayed at his desk.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
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Brooklynn took a breath, smiled and rose from the desk.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
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The desk is placed under the window and spans most of the length of the far wall.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 6 Feb. 2023
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The clip shows the countdown to the broadcast and Moshiri at the anchor desk.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
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Wood marked the first of the show’s reporters to sit behind the desk.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
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Book a tour of the in-house art collection with the concierge desk.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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The desk's height is adjustable to grow with your child up to around 6 years old.
—Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
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The third goal, which never was, would have had heels on the desks and cigars all around.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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This moving sand art brings the beauty of the desert right to his desk.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
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When the case crossed John Feinblatt’s desk, his heart sank.
—Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
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Here’s some more consumer tech news from the Gear desk.
—WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
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Walden is a skewed desk made of black walnut with a book on it.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
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Both chambers must pass the budget and send it to DeWine’s desk by the end of June.
—cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
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For years, the show’s creator had kept the 33-inch model on his desk.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
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In the cartoon, a pager is shown smoking on Tlaib's desk.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
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The coin struck a desk before dropping to the carpet and rolling a few feet on its side across the room.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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She has been perked up at the desk, pen in hand, taking notes about the details.
—Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
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The girl approached the teacher and threatened to break items on her desk.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2022
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Just plug it in at your desk about an hour before lunchtime.
—Medea Giordano, Wired, 13 July 2022
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Burch-Smith has a framed Phantom of the Opera playbill above his desk.
—Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
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Unloaded firearms that belonged to the trainees were placed on a desk near the door.
—Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
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The victim ran across the street into the school and collapsed at the safety agent’s desk.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Take a quick walk, read a chapter of a book, make lunch or get a snack away from your desk.
—Peter Stewart, Forbes, 6 July 2022
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The Branch Duo is a cute, tiny little desk that's great for small spaces.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
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There was a shot in this episode of the desk in the MDR office just sitting there empty.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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An antique wooden desk sits to the side, paired with leopard-print chairs.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
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In the library was Gino Severini’s Danseuse (1915), which was placed by Anne’s desk.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
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