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• We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.From the entry thickness
• Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.2014, Amylynn Bright, chapter 12, in Finish what We Started, Don Mills, Ont.: Carina Press, →ISBN. From the entry floof
• A flat topped desk stood by the window; there was a swivel-chair upholstered in worn, black leather.2010, W.J. Burley, Wycliffe and the Scapegoat. From the entry swivel-chair
• Darnell leaned back in his upholstered stimuchair and activated the interoffice transmitter.1992, Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball, PartnerShip, Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry m'lovely
• Curled hair is used in the manufacture of mattresses and in upholstering furniture and automobiles.1945, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other…. From the entry curled hair
• James Howden dropped into an upholstered wing chair.1961, Arthur Hailey, “Chapter Eleven: The White House”, in In High Places (fiction; e-book, hardcover, paperback). From the entry do someone brown
• They'd lean from booths and barstools upholstered in bright red Naugahyde to drop dimes for “Birth of the Beat” and “Black Magic.”1999, Darryl Wimberley, A Rock and a Hard Place, →ISBN. From the entry drop dimes
• She had chosen green as the predominant colour, and the couch and easy-chairs were upholstered in a lovely design of green and white.1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 58. From the entry easy-chair
• If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded.2015, Vicky Grubb, The Beginner's Guide to Upholstery, David & Charles. From the entry railroad
• The door was guarded by a retired cop named Frankie the Golfer, who sat by the door in an upholstered bar chair that he leaned back against the wall.2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote, New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook). From the entry bar chair
• At intervals there was a great platform car, bethroned and grandly canopied, upholstered in silks, carpeted with oriental rugs, and freighted with girls clothed in gala costumes.2010, Mark Twain, Ms. Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 1, page 126. From the entry bethroned
• It was one room crowded with attic furniture, a sofa and fat chairs upholstered in that itchy, particular red velvet that one associates with hot days on a train.1958, Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Penguin, published 1961, page 9. From the entry itchy

Meaning of upholster

1. verb To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).
2. noun An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

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How do you use upholster in a sentence?

Upholster is used as a verb and noun. For example: “We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.”

What is a short sentence with upholster?

“James Howden dropped into an upholstered wing chair.”

What does upholster mean?

Upholster means to fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).