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Recent Examples of cubbyholeHagerman blamed Le Tub’s infamous wait times on the tiny kitchen — an 8-by-8-foot cubbyhole — and on the chargrill itself, only equipped to handle 30 patties at once.—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025 Image Image The center is visible from the street through a glass entrance opening to a wide corridor and wall of custom shelving with cubbyholes, pegboards and stools designed by the architect Koray Duman.—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Even though his 1,440-square-foot cubbyhole packed with used books was closed to walk-in customers during the first few months of the lockdown, Maxwell saw a 30% to 40% boost in sales during that time because customers sharply pivoted to buying books online.—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025 Isle of Gelato: A cubbyhole of a place on Pedlar Street sells artisanal ice creams, including vegan recipes, that have amassed quite a following.—Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cubbyhole
In one corner, the Chargers’ corner, is coach Jim Harbaugh.
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Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
At the public hearing Tuesday, In-N-Out doubled down on its position that the drive-thru planned for the southwest corner of Ten Mile and Chinden Boulevard, near Costco, would not negatively affect surrounding roads.
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Rose Evans
September 10,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
The in-game map also purposefully obscures some of the game's secret nooks and crannies, which can only be found with careful observation (or a handy walkthrough).
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
Historically linked to meditation and traditional Japanese dining culture, today’s iterations are all about modern living needs that suit every whim—lounging while binging on the White Lotus reruns, creating a reading nook, or simply losing oneself in texts at the end of the day.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
Shoppers have tapped them to light kitchen pantries, coffee nooks, linen closets, and more, and two-packs of these handy lights are only $10 at Amazon.
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Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
During the day, the bed folds up via a split-hinge design that allows the foot section to lift clean to the ceiling and the midsection to fold back vertically against the alcove that houses the head of the mattress.
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