desk

Example Sentences

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LAS VEGAS—The front desk agent at the Flamingo hotel was nearly finished checking me in when he darted away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Modern people no longer store the substance of their lives in desk drawers or filing cabinets.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

I asked my coworker if I could borrow a book I’d seen on her desk, and she happily lent it to me.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

An early mayoral profile described Mahan as painting a whiteboard behind his desk to “write on the wall as I did in my tech days.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

There were more lines, more waits, more shuffling from desk to desk, but already the camp and its procedures had become unreal to me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom