top-drawer

Example Sentences

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If you work out in the morning, put exercise clothes in the top drawer of your dresser or on the rod closest to your closet door.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Tavernier's 25-yard free-kick was top drawer and arrowed into the net, kissing the bar on its way past the despairing dive of Joe Hart.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

The night before, Ms. Reardon said, “I sat in bed and wrote a list of attributes my ‘dream guy’ would have and tucked it away in my top drawer.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021

The writing is top drawer, and the text is experimental to profitable effect, which I’m afraid is rather rare.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2020

The top drawer was reserved for random items—handheld pencil sharpeners, school glue, masking tape, abnormally small screwdrivers, things like that.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds