How to Use windowpane in a Sentence

windowpane

noun
  • Ice had formed on the windowpane.
  • The lawn had grown wild, and the front-door windowpane was cracked.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The stars seemed as sharp as tips of grass touching a windowpane.
    Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Like her forearms and face, the windowpanes were blurred with dust.
    Cormac James, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Like her forearms and face, the windowpanes were blurred with dust.
    Cormac James, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Even some of the windowpanes were still intact.
    ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The woman placed her palm on the other side of the windowpane.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • The groom went with a classic dark blue suit and tie with a windowpane pattern.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • It was learned that someone had thrown a tire iron through the lower windowpane.
    cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
  • There is only rain rolling slowly down a windowpane, for all time.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • The windowpane pattern of this rug is anything but flat.
    Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026
  • The roof, windowpanes and front door are missing, and the walls are collapsed.
    Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And then all of a sudden, one of the takes, a flock of geese fly past and reflect off the windowpane.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 June 2023
  • There are windowpane plaids and prince-of-wales checks, tartans and houndstooths.
    Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Hadid zipped into pin-thin pants and a matching coat with a windowpane print.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Wade wore a cream windowpane short suit set with a white shirt underneath and white sneakers.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The rain had come quick, driven by a snell, cold wind that cut through old, rattling windowpanes and down to bone.
    Literary Hub, 9 July 2026
  • Once the plane was parked, the crew inspected it and found that two windowpanes were missing.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Every door is shut, and a white paper shade covers each door’s windowpane.
    Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2018
  • Mist had laid moist fingers on her windowpane, clouding the city outside.
    Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Some manuscripts are now mounted, windowpane style, with the intent of being bound.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Yes, the windowpane in my room was broken and the landlady never fixed it.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Now imagine that the windowpane is the 2D surface of your skin.
    R. Douglas Fields, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • There must have been a broken windowpane, because the wind whistled and a draft blew around their shoulders.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • The walls and nailhead-trim headboard are swathed in a handsome windowpane wool plaid, a navy with silver stripes.
    Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Entry was gained by removing the windowpane on the service door.
    chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
  • The woman then noticed that the screen in one of her windows was dislodged and the top windowpane was partly opened.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The mod mood was reflected in tunic-style tops paired with miniskirts and pants, in a windowpane check, or wool trimmed in crystal.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • So long, the tapping water had begun to sound like whispers beyond the windowpane.
    Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

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