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
Easier said than done when the crumbs of the antipasti are brushed away and your choice of pasta lands on the green-and-gold place mat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
There is room for bits of Shakespeare, vaudeville theatrics and road trip trivia like the paper place mat maps at Howard Johnson’s restaurants.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
The area of a rectangular place mat is 168 square inches.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
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
