ceiling

Example Sentences

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This limitation is due to a long-standing "physical ceiling" that has been difficult to overcome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The Chinese aluminum industry is reaching a capacity ceiling and might be unable to meet higher demand, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Those smoke-stained mirrors, that tin ceiling, the drapery and light fixtures are in fact set-dressed — ersatz!

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

That 6,800 floor, having held for so long, may now prove to be an equally resistant ceiling, chartists warned.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Indeed by Beje standards it was enormous; for the first few nights the ceiling seemed so far overhead that I could not sleep.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom