sheets 1 of 2

plural of sheet

sheets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sheet

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sheets
Noun
There’s warmth here too—soft Egyptian cotton sheets, fluffy robes, and all the perks of a hotel without actually being one. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026 Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026 Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then gently transfer to wire racks to cool completely. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 With product prices rising and quality diminishing, there has been an erosion of trust between brand and customer that is playing out on balance sheets across the industry. — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026 There’s 35 percent of the market that doesn’t have the balance sheets that the hyperscalers have. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026 To begin her drawings, Trouvé pours bleach onto blank sheets of industrial colored paper. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 Place graham cracker sheets in a large resealable plastic bag. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheets
Noun
  • Foliage rustles in the autumn wind here, and where there aren’t corn husks swaying, there are flat, lonely expanses of dirt where crops have been harvested.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • A lot of buildings and fields and parks and cafés and expanses of water and elevators and on-ramps and curbsides.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The rich, silky formula coats the lips with collagen-boosting peptides, Brazilian acai butter, and African mongongo butter to plump and lock in moisture, while lactic acid and hibiscus flower enzymes buff away dry, flaky texture.
    — Tasha Nicole Smith, Allure, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Also, if one coats the surface of a daguerreotype with a layer of gold, the colors shift more to the red side of the spectrum.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Since then, Musk has continued with major expansions of the Starbase facility.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Demand from young consumers has helped power postpandemic expansions for some traditional gyms like Life Time and workout studios such as Solidcore.
    — Alex Harring,Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Dining nearby covers a lot of ground, from mall food courts to Gaggan, one of the world's best restaurants.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Wipeable covers make phones, remotes and tablets easier to sanitize.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Will McDonald has three sacks but has gone quiet for stretches.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Dubai has built more than 557 kilometers of cycle tracks, with a goal of 1,000 kilometers by 2030, and the urban planning department is adding shaded walking routes to make exercise feasible for longer stretches of the year.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Finally, grab 26% off the Netgear RAX5 Wi-Fi 6 router, which blankets your home with fast AX1600 speeds.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Building more captive coal for aluminum will worsen the toxic haze that often blankets Southeast Asian cities, like Jakarta, according to Muhammad Al Amin, with the Indonesian Forum for Environment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Further, modifying the nanoparticle sizes, ligand chain lengths, or overall electrical charges allows full control over the resulting material.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Some travel insurers also have maximum trip lengths, so be sure to read the fine print before purchasing any coverage.
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Sheets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheets. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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