How to Use table in a Sentence

table

1 of 3 noun

• The table shows the salary of each employee.
• He had the attention of the entire table.
• She reserved a table for two at the restaurant.
• They were sitting at the dining table.
• Athena was laid out on a table.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
• That was the cost of the table stake.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Is that mark on the table again?
  — Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
• There was a ping-pong table in the room.
  — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
• Knife skills are just table stakes.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2026
• For a table with enough chairs.
  — Vin Diesel, Variety, 16 May 2026
• But that wasn’t how the table saw it.
  — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
• Haslam brought his own track record to the table.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
• But put your feet up on the table and rest a bit.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
• Hey, there’s at least food on the table, isn’t there?
  — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• So, what does Uber bring to the table?
  — New Atlas, 20 June 2026
• Six people sit at many of the tables.
  — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
• The same room the next morning, the dog at the table.
  — Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
• Can Williams and his team turn the tables this time around?
  — Mike Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• There has been a notable shift at the top of the table.
  — Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• See what a winning food table will cost you this year.
  — CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
• Old food debris was on the prep table for bread and naan.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 8, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
• But getting a seat at the table wasn’t easy.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
• Cocoon-like lanterns lay open on a table.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
• No word on whether any tables were flipped at the dinner.
  — Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
• There's enough room to add a dining table too.
  — New Atlas, 12 June 2026
• Then the tables turned in an instant.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• None of those stats is news to the young men sitting at this table.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
• Just right there — that’s an actor’s dream at a table read.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
• Those crops become food on your table.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
• There's so much left on the table that fans are going to just eat up.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025

table

2 of 3 verb

• The committee tabled the issue until the next meeting.
• She plans to table a motion for debate in Parliament.
• The motion was tabled in a 5-2 vote.
  — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
• The amendment was tabled in a party-line vote.
  — The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
• But the board tabled a vote on buying land that's key to the package.
  — Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• And then within three weeks, everything got shut down, all plans got tabled.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
• The board can make amendments, vote for, against or table the issue.
  — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
• If something starts to go downhill, table it.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
• These stone crocks go from oven to table with handles for easy carrying.
  — Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
• The park benches are bare, the outdoor cafe tables barren.
  — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026
• The council opted to table the item to give him more time to learn the ropes of his position.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
• But as was the case before, the conversation has been tabled for the time being.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
• After a judge blocked the plan and as bipartisan backlash grew, the fund seemed to be tabled.
  — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
• But the motion not to renew the assistant coaches has been tabled.
  — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
• The two sides had discussed a new contract prior to the season, but tabled those talks early in the year.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• This all gets tabled for now because the women have a play to go to — specifically, a play about them.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
• Nothing came of the hour-long debate, and the resolution was tabled.
  — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
• In the end, lawmakers voted to table it, along party lines.
  — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• Diversity goals to boost the Black workforce were tabled.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
• Wehrli’s motion to table the issue to allow time for a study to be done failed with a 6-3 vote.
  — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
• The motion to table the bill was on a thin margin, with five lawmakers in favor and four against.
  — Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Mar. 2026
• Democrats, however, will likely move to table such an action.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• No need to transfer your meal to pretty serving dishes, these are designed to go from oven to table.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2025
• That item was tabled to next month, and residents want more input before the decision is made.
  — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
• The comfortable venue has a mix of sofas, booths, and tables ready for any occasion.
  — Kathryn Streeter, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
• To push back against supply chain issues, some households have taken the idea of farm to table a step further.
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
• It was tabled the first time it was proposed, rejected the second time and now, rejected a third time.
  — Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
• Today, as the crunch point sits less than a decade away, three distinct approaches have been tabled by lawmakers.
  — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
• Firstly a user can attend a talk and then table a question which will be answered on a one-to-one basis.
  — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• If a conversation is going south, table it until next week.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026

table

3 of 3 adjective

• Use a mix of sources — floor lamps, table lamps, sconces and overheads.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
• Place on top of a large saucer to keep your table mess-free when watering.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 26 Apr. 2019
• Pull your naval in towards your spine and bring your knees up to a table top position.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020
• As smooth- and quiet-running as a table lamp, or two table lamps.
  — Bruce McCall, Esquire, 15 Mar. 2018
• Include overhead fixtures as well as table lamps by the bed and on the desk and dresser.
  — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
• The space also was updated to include more table seating and brighter decor.
  — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 17 Jan. 2020
• Why would a mid-table Premier League club charge such high prices and build a stand with a swimming pool on its roof?
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
• Wallace sits mid-table, in 21st place, and can clinch a playoff spot with a win at Daytona.
  — Andy Frye, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
• The underlying numbers point to a mid-table side, yet the outcomes have wobbled.
  — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Rather than table numbers, guests looked for Philadelphia street signs.
  — Philly.com, 1 June 2018
• The team were staying at the Abba Huesca Hotel ahead of their trip to the top of the table side.
  — SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Savings on sofas, table lamps, wall art, nightstands and outdoor patio furniture are just the start.
  — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 24 May 2018
• The service in this space is table side and a bit hectic, in keeping with the overall environment of the restaurant.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
• Table 2 has a handy household employer’s checklist of what to do for those with a household employee.
  — Tom Herman, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2017
• Try exchanging the overhead light for a chandelier or swapping table lamps for wall sconces or even hanging pendants.
  — Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• The deli itself has a 50s-era, sepia-toned interior, with tchotchkes and bric-a-brac on every non-table surface.
  — Nathan Englander, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2022
• Dyche is known for robust, no-frills teams that can cause the odd upset but usually reach a ceiling of mid-table stability.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Create balanced, even lighting with floor and table lamps throughout the room, in addition to a large ceiling fixture for overhead light.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• Having failed to qualify six times in a row, Latvia has enjoyed mid-table respectability in the last two finals.
  — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
• But during the second quarter, when shutdown measures took hold, the non-table proportion shot up to 90%.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2020
• The grant was provided by the proceeds from last fall's Chefs Around the Table Fundraiser.
  — Post-Tribune, 21 July 2017
• The photon dance happens in a lab at MIT where the physicists run table-top experiments with lasers.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 16 Feb. 2018
• Up to 65% off chandeliers, sconces pendants and table lamps (through September 3).
  — Megan Stein, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• For ambient light, try a chandelier with little brown paper shades, which give a beautiful, warm glow, and table lamps for intimacy.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 28 May 2015
• Our biggest problem was table space, with copper tureens, silver tins, plates, beer bottles and water glasses moved like jigsaw puzzle pieces as new courses arrived.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 13 June 2019
• His team had just lost 3-0 at home to a mid-table side, their second defeat on the run, and faint hopes of a Serie A title charge appeared gone.
  — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• By contrast, the ensuing kitchen table scene often feels obvious and programmatic.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• There’s a mix of table lamps, task lights, wall lights, and standing floor lamps on offer with shapes that range from tall mushrooms to something reminiscent of the Bat Signal.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
• The most effective way to achieve this goal is to create a balance between different kinds of lighting in your rooms—incorporate table lamps and floor lamps and both upward and downward light.
  — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2010
• Having stabilised as mid-table regulars, this was an opportunity to capitalise on a muddled middle of the table.
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026