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

Claver-Carone when confronted with photographs of the purported place mat “contract” during an interview this month told investigators that he had never seen the document and denied it was his handwriting or signature.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

So for almost two weeks straight, after we put away the third place mat on the dinner table, we ate out or ordered in, saving leftovers for lunch.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021

The area of a rectangular place mat is 168 square inches.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

I lay down a place mat and Alexa tops it with a plate.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio