up to the rafters
Example Sentences
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When she learned of her friend’s death, Ceaser-Germann climbed up to the rafters of her West Hills home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
Once attendees were let inside the high school gym, folding chairs were laid out on the basketball court, and the bleachers were packed up to the rafters.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
The single easiest way to learn a college basketball program’s history is to look up — not statistics in a record book but up to the rafters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Then, the banner with his name and his No. 23 went up to the rafters as the pep band played the Michigan State alma mater.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
