How to use napkin in a sentence

More sentences with napkin

• This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?From the entry another
• He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.From the entry china
• We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.From the entry more
• The boy set up his napkin ring.From the entry napkin ring
• No, the original plan for Chicago's street layout was not scribbled on the back of a napkin by an ancestor of Roger Ebert; you just ate the onion.From the entry eat the onion
• She fished a napkin out of the basket and put the slice of bruschetta on it.2018, Cerella Sechrist, The Way Back to Erin, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry bruschetta
• They got out plates, glasses, napkins and silverware and set up a buffet table.2011 September 7, Ann Carol, Dark Places, Author House, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry bakery
• She tugged the cloth napkin off the bow guard, sitting on the table.2011, Michelle L. Levigne, The Rift War, →ISBN. From the entry bow guard
• I slide the napkin out of my pedal-pusher pocket and read out loud, “Six doz.”2008, Lesley Kagen, “Sneaky”, in Land of a Hundred Wonders, New American Library, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry pedal-pusher
• There’s napkins on top.” They were hot and cornmealy and full of meat.1994, Donald McCaig, Nop’s Hope, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 24. From the entry cornmealy
• I finish writing the alphabet on both napkins.2014 July 18, Caity Weaver, “My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers”, in Gawker, archived from the original on…. From the entry abecedary
• “She does, but she always chokes,” Darius said, fighting to remove a paper napkin from his sticky, maple-syruped fingers.2014, Jennifer Snow, The Mistletoe Melody, Harlequin Heartwarming, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry maple-syruped
• Legend has it that Hemingway won a barbet by composing the first Twitfic on an Algonquin bar napkin: “Classified: Baby Goods.2013 November 14, David Comfort, An Insider's Guide to Publishing, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry twitfic
• The ideal of uncontroversial checkability of mathematical arguments, however, seems to be related to formal derivations rather than scribblings on napkins.2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3…. From the entry checkability
• For a decorative touch toss a red-and-white-checked napkin into your child's lunch box to create a picniclike atmosphere.2002, Jo Ellen Shield, Mary Catherine Mullen, The American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids. From the entry picniclike
• Willis was too embarrassed to ask for a napkin.1986, Melvin Dixon, “The Boy with Beer”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 31. From the entry wetness
• Clifton was lying prostrate on the couch, a napkin round her head, and the reek of eau-de-Cologne filling the room.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry eau de cologne
• He even brought the fat cow juice to his mouth and Di An once again wiped Ye Ling's mouth with a napkin.2020, Nuan Se, Billionaire, Control Your Love, volume 4, [Funstory], →ISBN. From the entry cow juice
• Sure, your child will be able to lift up that napkin and find the phone a few times in a row, but then BLAMMO!2015, Amber Ankowski, Andy Ankowski, Think Like a Baby. From the entry blammo
• As soon as you hide it under a second napkin, the kid will suddenly be as clueless as the day she was born.2015, Amber Ankowski, Andy Ankowski, Think Like a Baby. From the entry blammo
• They bubbled her answers on Scantron tests, changed her sanitary napkins, helped her get in and out of the bathroom with a minimum of fuss.2014, Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will. From the entry bubble
• And since I know you probably didn't have breakfast, I left a couple of glazeds on a napkin on your sorry excuse for a desk.”2014, Marilyn Baron, Homecoming Homicides. From the entry glazed
• Centerpieces consisted of a bouquet of paper strips stuck into a glass, which served as napkins; the aluminumware was lighter than plastic.1998, Margaret Winchell, Armed with Patience: Daily Life in Post-Soviet Russia, Hermitage Publishers, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry aluminumware
• Once, if memory serves, he used a table napkin; on the other occasion it was the label of an almost empty wine bottle.1954, The Accountant, volume 130, page xxxiii. From the entry if memory serves
• Often in the chests in which the bed linen was kept were towels, napkins, table-cloths and carpets (here a table and not a floor covering).1954, The Lincolnshire Historian. From the entry femble
• Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell to with a will.1934 March 26, “Books: Hurstwurst [review of Anitra's Dance (1934) by Fannie Hurst]”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry with a will
• I folded my mushroomy pizza into my paper napkin and pushed it away from me along with dreams of Mom bringing pancakes to the table or baking cookies.2012, Anne Warren Smith, Bittersweet Summer, Chicago, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Company, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry mushroomy
• The book’s contents are for the most part the result of scribbling on napkins over numerous macchiati and espressos away from the office at different posts over the years.2010, Vladimir Alvarado, Eduardo Manrique, “Preface”, in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies, Burlington…. From the entry macchiato
• "I'm so sorry!" I blushed as I plunked down my now-spaghettiless tray and grabbed a bunch of napkins from the dispenser at the center of the table.2010, Stacey Jay, Undead much, Razorbill, page 95. From the entry spaghettiless
• Just before we would have begun to leave the table, Cadence and Cascade appeared on the balcony, and Betony introduced them with a magicianly flourish of his napkin.2008, Alistair Reynolds, House of Suns, Gollancz (2009), page 217. From the entry magicianly
• My grey tray had a white overcloth, and real cutlery – what a delight – was rolled in the white linen napkin, held in a silver paper band.2006, Onboard Hospitality - Issues 20-29, page 62. From the entry overcloth
• Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all.1995 August 21, “Pros and Cons of the Balanced Budget Amendment”, in Ind_Limbaugh. From the entry and all
• They monogram napkins for department and specialty stores, print millions of cards and gift wrappings, design a wide variety of invitations, dance programs, decals and tack-ups.1953, Ebony, volume 9, page 48. From the entry tack-up
• The manager pushed his waiter aside, grabbed some menus, draped a linen napkin over his arm, and with the flair of a maitre d’hotel, escorted us to a prominent table.2016, Jerry Eckert, “‘If I Have Served My People - - -’”, in Weeping Kings and Wild Boars: Moments of Magic and Sorrow in Forty Years…. From the entry maitre d'hotel
• There was a steel napkin dispenser, the napkins themselves those little trifolds that manage to be both flimsy and sturdy at the same time, which seems impossible, but is not.2012, Chris Pavone, The Expats, →ISBN. From the entry trifold
• The bottom compartment of her big packbag contains a very light wool long john top (Norwegian-made, very soft), a tennis hat, underpants, and a polybag with sanitary napkins in it.1979, Harry Roberts, Movin’ Out: Equipment and Technique for Hikers, Washington, D.C.: Stone Wall Press, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry long john

Meaning of napkin

1. noun A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
2. noun A nappy (UK), a diaper (American).
3. noun A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty.

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Questions about napkin in a sentence

How do you use napkin in a sentence?

Napkin is used as a noun. For example: “This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?”

What is a short sentence with napkin?

“The boy set up his napkin ring.”

What does napkin mean?

Napkin means a serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.