How to Use loft in a Sentence

loft

1 of 2 noun
  • The kids' bedroom has a loft.
  • He rents a converted loft.
  • The loft earns its screen time.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His throw is more of a line drive than a loft.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • These come in standard and high loft.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
  • These come in standard and high loft.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There’s the laughing loft and the wacky tubes.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And that garage with the loft gives you so many options.
    Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • One of those lofts has a shelf/desk that can be used as a study space.
    New Atlas, 15 June 2026
  • Anything with too much loft will keep the head and neck too high.
    Jack Byram, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Its full second-floor loft is what sets it apart from the rest.
    Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn’t mean the home feels like a cavernous loft by any means.
    Carlos Mota, ELLE Decor, 7 July 2023
  • By the time the building opened, the lofts were no longer part of the plan.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
  • Each cabin has a queen bed, plus a loft with a queen bed and twin bunk beds.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The first pigeon to find their way back into the loft wins.
    Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Towels can lose their loft and softness due to age as well.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Towels can lose their loft and softness due to age as well.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere in the home are two loft spaces.
    New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Fold and pile it loosely to create some loft.
    Jed Portman, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
  • As mentioned, the tiny house has a secondary loft area.
    New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Medium loft that keeps your chin aligned with your sternum.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There's also a loft in this model.
    Adam Williams march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
  • There was just a classic attic/loft.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The overall effect feels like the loft of the hippest kid in town.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Fourteen of the units will include lofts.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Use open shelving in your loft to store books, trinkets, and clothes.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Click here to see all the photos of the Flatiron loft.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Tucked beneath the loft are an eat-in kitchen, a half-bath, and a fitness room.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Its baffle box design means the fluffy down stays in place to give you nice warmth and loft.
    Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Unit 301 has a balcony, a roof deck and a loft with a wet bar.
    Benjamin C. Tankersley, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022

loft

2 of 2 verb
  • He lofted a home run into the stands.
  • The explosion lofted dust high into the air.
  • The right storm can loft a wall of dust thousands of feet high and miles wide.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But in his pigeon loft out back, are his real prizes.
    Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Jake Fromm lofted a fade to the right side of the end zone.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Available in both a twin and full-size frame, this lofted bed suits a wide range of ages.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a large game room and loft upstairs and the bedrooms all have new carpet.
    Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Some of them were lofted and heavy; others were drilled straight at Djokovic.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The wind lofted small pieces of burning wood here and there, spreading fire to the east and north.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Maye and Vrabel both said the pass could have been lofted higher.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Stafford read a blitz and quickly lofted the ball toward the left corner of the end zone.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The front end is light and easy to loft, the back end a joy to flick around, and the bike is buoyant off of bumps and jumps.
    Outside Online, 29 May 2021
  • This black smoke gets heated by sunlight, lofting it like a hot air balloon for up to a decade.
    Max Tegmark, Time, 29 June 2023
  • The coach strode out to meet him, one hand lofted to emphasize his point, the other on his hip.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • It’s designed to fit on any form of bed, from metal dorm beds and lofted dorm beds to dorm beds with side rails.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Year round, just a strong wind running across the surface of these dust-rich places can loft tons of dust into the air.
    Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 30 June 2020
  • Then came a pass lofting toward the dugout and a catch usually right along the baseline.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • They aren’t lofted, but there’s enough space to store a lawn mower or even set up a potting bench corner.
    Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And a lot of those great apartments had lofted bedrooms and lofted living rooms.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Ashford lofted the ball to Tullo, who tight-roped the back of the end zone boundary.
    Dennis Victory, al, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Brooks Lee lofted a fly ball just inside the right-field foul pole for a two-run home run in the second.
    ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Brooks Lee lofted a fly ball just inside the right-field foul pole for a two-run home run in the second.
    CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • Matt McLain lofted a high fly ball with topspin that carried over the wall in left field.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 30 July 2023
  • There were two on and two out in the eighth when Austin Nola lofted a fly ball down the left field line.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The more cubic inches a fabric can loft, the higher the fill power rating.
    Outdoor Life, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Rooker lofted a flyball to center field and Kurtz scored without a play.
    CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Amazon's Project Kuiper has similar aims but has yet to loft any satellites.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • This was the third launch of the Qaem rocket, which can loft up to 80 kg to low-Earth orbit.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Wednesday's launch lofted the 12th group of Guowang satellites.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When conditions line up — dry surfaces, no snow cover and strong winds — the deposits can be lofted again.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025

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