place mat
Example Sentences
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“I think you need to eat something,” she said, slapping the bowl onto a place mat, and she was right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
She added Crate & Barrel’s whitewashed water hyacinth place mat.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
Find the length and width of the place mat.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
He was skinny sick, and so small he could fit on a place mat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
Fanni bends and pushes three more spoonfuls into Frederick’s mouth and wipes his chin, folds up his place mat, and walks through a swinging door into what must be a kitchen.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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