desk

Example Sentences

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When you walk into the lounge, the first thing you’ll see is a bright red check-in desk that resembles a performer’s dressing room with vanity lights, several mirrors and a range of wigs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

In his office, Gorka keeps a globe on his desk and a large poster of the Twin Towers on the wall, an ever-present reminder of 9/11.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

"Should these passengers have presented at the boarding gate desk before it closed, they would have boarded this flight," Ryanair said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Diplomacy now has a live-market feed, one that operates on a 24-hour crypto exchange with no circuit breaker and is visible simultaneously to every government, hedge fund, and sanctions-compliance desk on earth.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

I stopped at Tante Jans’s rooms just long enough to take a briefcase of papers from the desk.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom