How to Use tile in a Sentence

tile

1 of 2 noun

• We installed new tile in the kitchen.
• Then mop your tile floors and rinse.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
• So, are peel-and-stick tiles worth it?
  — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
• Dry the stone tiles with a clean dry cloth.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
• Is the sky too close to the clay tile roofs?
  — Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
• Use a mop to wipe the tile on the floor.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• Use a mop to wipe the tile on the floor.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
• There were no < or > tiles or groups and no ≠ groups.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• So, the team dreamt one up from scratch with moody black tiles.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
• Your shower tiles put up with a lot.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• The next place to look is an = group that has a lot of tiles.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Let’s cover the tiles that are torn up.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
• Who doesn't love a clean subway tile?
  — Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
• Plus, the tiles stick to the tin, so kids can build on the go.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026
• Strong magnets help the tiles click in place.
  — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
• This year, kitchen tile trends are shifting.
  — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
• The roof was tile and so were the window sills.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
• And then there’s tile, and there are big windows.
  — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
• Learning when to pause to pick up a tile for a suit.
  — Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
• There's like weeds growing, the tiles weren't on.
  — Sarah Sotoodeh , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• These items can scratch the tile as well as damage the grout.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• The floors were laid with black-and-white limestone tiles.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
• Best of all, these bathroom tile ideas aren't just for floors.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 9 May 2023
• All tiles should be taken from the box and laid out on the floor.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
• Even the wheels are smooth when rolling over floors, carpet or tile.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
• That meant that all three green tiles needed to be 3.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• That has to have 7 tiles of the same number of pips.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• This will help lift dirt and grime from the tiles and the grout at the same time.
  — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 10 June 2026
• Suction cups on the back keep it in place on a tile floor or wall.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
• Ana wiped the counter and swiped a stain on the white tile backsplash.
  — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

tile

2 of 2 verb

• We hired him to tile the bathroom floor.
• These soft foam shapes will stick to tub and tile when wet with water.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 3 Nov. 2022
• The bathroom is simple with what looks like a fresh tiling job and a tub.
  — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
• Ryan grew up in Peabody learning how to tile floors and put up dry wall.
  — Naomi Kooker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• The floor and walls are tiled, which makes for quite a lot of noise from groups of young diners.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 15 July 2017
• Tile There are a few things to keep in mind when cleaning your bathroom tile.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• Each of the cabins is made up of two bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths that are tiled to the nines.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 30 Jan. 2023
• The first possibility is that the shape will not tile the plane.
  — Craig S. Kaplan, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
• With their straight edges, the stones were suited to being creatively stacked and tiled.
  — Rima Suqi, WSJ, 20 July 2017
• Kick your shower tile up a notch and have fun with a colored grout that contrasts with your tile color.
  — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
• Watch for this hue in everything from marble to tile to furnishings in the year ahead.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 19 Dec. 2022
• On the ceiling the space between the beams is tiled with ceramic vine motifs.
  — Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
• The pizza ovens are gold-tiled, there's a long counter with pizza makings at one end, a bar at the other.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Press that tile into place, replace the outlet cover and switch the power back on.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
• The dining and garden is tiled, with hardwood flooring throughout the rest of the home.
  — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 23 Jan. 2018
• Staff put up cones and signs to alert people to the snakes’ presence while Gertie made the drain tile her home.
  — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• Each villa has a lofty ceiling, a huge shower tiled by a local artist, and a plunge pool with a sweeping view.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• The bathroom has been updated as well, though the river-stone tiling job is not exactly to our taste.
  — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
• But Schwindt’s goal three and a half minutes into the final period tiled the ice.
  — Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Other variants tile the lenses of insect eyes and form corky plate patterns in the elephant’s foot plant.
  — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
• Floors are tiled in terra cotta, and lofty ceilings retain the original wood beams.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Homeowners who went all in—tiling entire showers or floors in deep red marble—tend to regret it most.
  — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 20 Jan. 2026
• No sign remained visible that the structure was aerolite; every wall was tiled.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
• And there’s the financier who yanks funding in the middle of the shoot, preferring to use the money on tiling his roof.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Unlike the hat, the chevron and comet can tile the plane periodically.
  — Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
• This mix of soap, water minerals, and grime can cling to anything from shower curtains to tubs, doors, and tiling.
  — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 23 Feb. 2026
• When tiling a fireplace, choose a tile material with high heat resistance.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2026
• Pop-up windows can be tiled by pressing and holding the top of the pop-up window and dragging it to the side where it can then be tiled.
  — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 15 Aug. 2023
• Buttery poached crab, tiled with a fragrant layer of fresh allspice leaves, conceals an egg yolk that erupts near the final bite.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 12 Dec. 2017
• The front entry is also tiled, but the rest of the first floor public areas use hardwood walnut flooring.
  — courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019