How to Use sofa in a Sentence

sofa

noun
  • I curled up on the sofa with a book.
  • The greater the distance between the top of the sofa and the ceiling, the taller and larger your room will feel.
    Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The set comes with a sofa, two chairs, and a coffee table.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Cue the tubular steel and leather sofa from 1970 by Michel Boyer in the Demisch Danant space.
    Amy Verner, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Who wants to think about buying a sofa at the Motley Crue show?
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The pair sit next to each other on a beige-colored sofa.
    Melissa Etehad, Allure, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The living room has a set of couches with a table in the center and a long sofa.
    Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • Hendrickson leaned forward so that he was perched on the edge of the sofa.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Details like leather satchel straps on the sofa set the boat apart, but in a functional way.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The nurse told me to sit on the sofa and gently pressed my baby into my arms.
    Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Over 1,000 shoppers have viewed the sofa in the past month, and it’s picked up hundreds of five-star ratings.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Spotting Winfrey on a sofa on the second floor, Mo’Nique took a seat next to her.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The salon is also equipped with an oversized sofa, which is, of course, one of a kind.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The painting from Japan shows Manet lounging on a sofa as his wife, Suzanne, plays the piano.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Rather than find out who was at fault, the cops threw Jackson onto a sofa and cuffed him.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And their husbands sat on a sofa for about six hours gaming.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2023
  • There were boxes everywhere, a bunch of film reels on the sofa.
    Yasmina Price, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In lieu of a dining table, the space is filled with a sofa, chair, and coffee table.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Wilking said in the video, sitting on a sofa, flanked by their parents.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Apple supplied this photo; the battery pack on the sofa next to Julian is not shown in the frame.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The seven-piece set includes a sofa, four chairs, and two ottomans.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The homeowner wanted the space to include a recliner, a sofa, and a TV that could be viewed from the kitchen.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
  • People in their 20s who are ready for their first big purchase might be looking for the hot sofa.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Graham hops onto the couch, does a somersault, lands on her back, flips over and crawls off the sofa.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The film’s star, Michelle Yeoh, slumped on a sofa in the lobby, having just arrived from London.
    Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • On the main forward deck is a large fire pit surrounded by a curved sofa facing out to sea.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In a living room make sure the carpet is at least big enough that the front two legs of the sofa and armchairs in the main seating area can sit on it.
    Michelle Slatalla, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
  • After Velcro playtime, the mother removes the strips from the sofa and the baby.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Jan. 2024
  • An extra-long rustic table sits in front of the even longer sofa that Amy had split in two to create a walk-through.
    Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The new version will have suites that will be the longest in the world (read: even more personal space), with a seat, a sofa, and a fully flat bed.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023

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