How to Use floor in a Sentence

floor

1 of 2 noun
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  • Keep your feet on the floor.
  • She lives on the second floor of a five-story building.
  • His office is located on the fourth floor.
  • When a whale falls to the ocean floor, nothing goes to waste.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The collapse occurred on the third floor of the structure.
    — Sophia Vento, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • And until there is one, there won't be a bill on the House floor.
    — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Slowly bend over and touch the floor in front of your feet with both hands.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
  • The act was moved out of committee but has yet to get a vote on the floor.
    — Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The rear seat—split on the LS—can be folded flat to form a large rear load floor.
    — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 18 June 2023
  • But the bigger issue, again, might have been on the other side of the floor.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • On the day of the groundbreaking, Peters took to the floor of the House to urge approval of the $310 million.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Relax the foot and the knee of that leg into the floor, and lean your weight into the non-crossed leg.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 12 May 2023
  • The auction was held in front of the elevator on the 27th floor.
    — Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • But Johnson has opposed bringing the measure to the House floor for a vote.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Raw chicken and beef were planted on the walk-in freezer floor.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
  • There is nothing to indicate that the house had four floors.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Warriors outscored opponents by 4.9 more points with Poole on the floor in the playoffs than with him off it.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
  • Suffice to say that, in its wake, some viewers will have to be mopped up from the floor of the cinema.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • She was found on the floor of the home trying to hide from deputies, authorities said.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, both parties agreed not to even bother with a floor debate and roll-call vote.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Now there is a gaping hole in the front of the store and bits of broken glass scattered on the emptied showroom floor.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The half-second pause after every punch-in is loaded, like the creak of the floor in a horror movie.
    — Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The workers take care in rolling several of the carts into grids marked with blue tape on the concrete floor.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The primary suite is found on the main floor, and there are four en-suite bedrooms on the lower level.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Who shat on the floor at my wedding?, a silly whodunnit that wrapped two and a half years ago, is grazing the top of the charts.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2023
  • As a child sits on the living room floor, years suddenly begin to pass.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Spanning three floors, the 4,204-square-foot home includes a dry sauna, a spacious kitchen with lake views and a pool table.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • Without a speaker, lawmakers can’t bring bills to the floor.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
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floor

2 of 2 verb
  • The news just floored me.
  • He floored me with his first punch.
  • Me, @iammarkronson, @antmundo and @wyattish are floored by this win.
    — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Jan. 2019
  • To see this on a screen in 2018 was enough to floor you.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Just keep the wheel pointed straight, floor it, and go.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 26 June 2021
  • Early in the 10th, Wilder floored Ortiz with two rights and a left hook to the head.
    — Santos A. Perez, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Fury floored Wilder with glancing left and right shots off the back of his head.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2020
  • The images, some of which are printed in this book, floored her.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, that’s the most common garage flooring out there!
    — Taylor Augustin, House Beautiful, 30 June 2023
  • Bend the knees if necessary to help keep your back flat to floor.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • When revenue grew to six figures in the very first month, I was floored.
    — Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But the reason was that no one had walked in my office that just floored me.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 31 May 2019
  • The incident report states that Jones has choked, hit and thrown the woman to floor over the past month.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2021
  • In the fourth round, Lara floored Gausha (20-1) with a left uppercut for the fight’s only knockdown.
    — Santos A. Perez, miamiherald, 15 Oct. 2017
  • She was floored by the finding, which was first reported by Iowa’s News Now.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • If you aren’t already floored by his talents on the ice, surely his tweets will give you life.
    — Alexia Lafata, The Cut, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Since dropping the lyric video at 12 a.m. Thursday (May 3) morning, fans have been floored by the singer's use of 3D imagery.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 3 May 2018
  • Everyone is floored at the way this was handled and how he was treated.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • Auburn was floored by the news of Person’s arrest in September 2017.
    — Sam Blum | Sblum@al.com, al.com, 18 July 2019
  • The Smyths were floored, and quickly became close with Mack, who continues to run each year for Jonathan.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • If you’re ever stuck in the snow or ice while driving, don’t try to floor your way out of the situation.
    — Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2019
  • According to People, the couple were floored by the gesture.
    — Nina Braca, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Hardy was able to floor each of his opponents in the competition.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The room will include ceiling to floor touch screens, almost like giant iPads.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The response to her work on social media after the event floored Delp just as much as the order itself.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2023
  • All three judges appear to be floored by Brandon’s bilingual singing skills.
    — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Roffman was floored that parents wanted their kids to cry.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Dorenbos received the ring Thursday and was floored by every aspect of it.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 21 June 2018
  • But he is still floored by the scene that unfolded that evening, unbeknownst to anyone.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Nebraskans who want to put the pedal to the metal may soon be able to floor it—at least on some roads—with the blessing of the state legislature.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018

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