How to Use ladder in a Sentence

ladder

noun

• She got a ladder in her stocking.
• She worked her way up from the lowest rung on the economic ladder.
• He was moving up the corporate ladder.
• Instead of a fish head, there's the cab of a van, and in place of the spine is a long ladder frame.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
• What’s the next step when a team comes within one step of the top of the net-cutting ladder?
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
• Jordan is the first to reach the ladders, with Troy right behind him.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2023
• Keep in Mind The actual shelf depth varies along the ladder.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
• Don't just climb the corporate ladder—aim to build a whole new one.
  — Daniyal Zafar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Windows on one side of the bus had been smashed out, and a ladder was raised along the side of the bus near the broken windows.
  — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• The mother and father were then rescued through the window and down the ladder.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• The 19-year-old stood on a ladder to get a glimpse of her mother's costume on the red carpet.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• Three ladders with upturned butcher knives for rungs led to the ground.
  — Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• Less than two years later, the Rays are in the same spot, but the Orioles have quickly climbed the ladder to join them.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• There would not have been a ladder to grab since the tank is not designed for people to be on the inside.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• One of those large pieces comes in red -- the fire department piece -- with a sliding pole and ladder.
  — cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• As guests arrive at these events, they will be treated to a drive lined with ladders, trucks and flags.
  — John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
• In one shot, Lucy is seen clinging to a ladder while dressed in a rainbow top and matching skirt.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• That means trimming low branches that could send flames up a tree, like a ladder.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• Players from both squads have since progressed up the ladder.
  — David Ferrini, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• And now a lot of that kind of ladder of advancement has been, um, kind of taken away in the streaming era.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• In fact, the large display with a library ladder in the dining area was one of the features that first sold Snow on the apartment.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Her move up the ladder meant there wasn’t room for some of these executives.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 July 2023
• At the end was a ladder — a set of planks, really — nailed to a large tree jutting out into space.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
• As the inn’s website warns, guests must be able to climb 4 to 12 feet up a ladder (depending on the tide) from bobbing boat to dock.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Footage from the scene showed emergency crews using ropes and ladders to reach the victims.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
• Just do it for all of us who need six weeks of plyometrics training and a tall ladder to even touch the rim.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• Rivaldo Fairweather climbs the ladder to give Auburn the lead over Cal in the 4th quarter.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Hannah Brown keeps climbing the media ladder, one rung at a time.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 19 July 2023
• The ladder would also come in extra handy on the Red River, where Banaszak arrowed the new state record.
  — Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
• In the second, more recent, picture, Gomez is climbing up the ladder of a boat after a swim.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024