corners Sentence Examples
- The room was so small that it felt like the walls were closing in on us from all corners.
- She carefully folded the paper into equal corners, creating a perfect origami crane.
- The dog curled up in a cozy nook, tucked away in the corner of the couch.
- The painting hung in the corner of the gallery, unnoticed by most visitors.
- The streets were deserted, with only a few lost souls huddled in the corners.
- The Cabinet met in the corner room, where they could discuss sensitive matters away from prying eyes.
- The elderly woman sat in her rocking chair in the corner of the nursing home, gazing out the window.
- The attic was dark and dusty, with cobwebs hanging from every corner.
- The children played hide-and-seek, with each corner of the house offering a potential hiding spot.
- She had a habit of organizing her belongings into neat piles, with each category separated into its own corner.
corners Meaning
corners
any of the angles of a ring (see ring entry 1 sense 4b), corner kick, to drive into a corner, the place where two streets or roads meet, to meet or converge at a corner or angle, a group of supporters, well-wishers, or adherents associated especially with a contestant, the place of intersection of two streets or roads, to turn a corner, the side of home plate nearest to or farthest from a batter, the outside of a football formation, a point at which significant change occurs, the point or place where edges or sides meet, cornerback, such as, a difficult or embarrassing situation, a position from which escape or retreat is difficult or impossible, situated at a corner, control or ownership of enough of the available supply of something to control its price, at hand, a piece designed to form, mark, or protect a corner, corner tooth, the area of a playing field or court near the intersection of the sideline and the goal line or baseline, the angular part or space between meeting lines, edges, or borders near the vertex of the angle, to get a corner on, the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet, the area in which a participant in a fighting contest (such as a boxing or wrestling match) rests or is worked on by the participant's seconds during periods between rounds, a place far away from ordinary affairs or life, a private, secret, or remote place, to catch and hold the attention of especially to force an interview, used or fitted for use in or on a corner, control or ownership of enough of the available supply of a commodity or security especially to permit manipulation of the price
Synonyms & Antonyms of corners
Synonyms:
- fixes
- plights
- impasses
- jams
- mires
- spots
- quagmires
- difficulties
- rattraps
- rabbit-holes
- sticky-wickets
- boxes
- kettles-of-fish
- nodes
- catch-22s
- crises
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word corners
any of the angles of a ring (see ring entry 1 sense 4b), corner kick, to drive into a corner, the place where two streets or roads meet, to meet or converge at
predicaments, dilemmas, swamps, holes, binds, pickles, fixes, plights, impasses, jams
avoids, shakes, shuns, escapes, ducks, eludes, eschews,evades, dodges, funks
The room was so small that it felt like the walls were closing in on us from all corners.
She carefully folded the paper into equal corners, creating a perfect origami crane.
The dog curled up in a cozy nook, tucked away in the corner of the couch.
The painting hung in the corner of the gallery, unnoticed by most visitors.
