How to Use canvas in a Sentence

canvas

1 of 2 noun
  • Use a canvas to cover the boat.
  • The museum has several canvases by Rubens.
  • The boots were made of white canvas.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Short nails are still a full canvas.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The canvas is flipped from right to left.
    — Victoria Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That surge changed the fight on the canvas.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Your print will come ready to hang on a durable canvas.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • These canvas totes hold a ton and can be popped in the wash.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The world is your canvas, and your craft room is a good start.
    — Katelyn Chef, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Pettis then added a dab of green to the canvas.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
  • The idea was to create a blank canvas.
    — Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe even a canvas tote is in your future.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Trimmers don’t see the world as a blank canvas.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Rue crashes on the ground, the huge canvas on top of her.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 May 2026
  • This full clear-out creates a blank canvas.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The pig takes it in her mouth and makes a beeline for the canvas.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
  • But more often than not, her stylist's canvas is long hair.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Fightland, that one is in the canvas.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The trunks are made from wood, leather, canvas, and metal.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026
  • Warmth wants a canvas, and courage answers.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • Noodles are like a blank canvas.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Her paintings burst off the canvas.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This is such a personal movie and such a big canvas and genre.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Wrapped in a durable striped canvas, this case piece is designed to be the star of the show.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The world is a canvas, and everybody has art in them.
    — Chuck D, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • Vigil seems to give you a wide canvas in which to explore that theme.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Survivor is wood and canvas and sand and sandbags and dirt and mud.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
  • Water dripped from the sagging canvas and pooled on the floor.
    — Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Outside, men sat under a canvas tent in the street.
    — ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In this lucent sky, long white clouds unfurl like rolls of canvas.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026

canvas

2 of 2 verb
  • Before Luis can canvas everyone, the military shows up to kill the buzz and the event.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Police used drones to canvas the area but no other body parts were immediately found.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, opponents have vowed to canvas across the state to encourage voters to defeat the amendment.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • According to a league source, Boston’s front office has been making calls and canvasing the league to see what might be available.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • Officers remained on scene to canvas the campus for the weapon, the LAPD said.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Investigators were seen going door to door on Tuesday as law enforcement continued to canvas the area.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Crime Stoppers canvased a busy part of Belmont Avenue on Saturday, close to where police found the victim's body last month.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Starting Friday evening, a Code Blue will be in effect, meaning outreach workers will canvas the streets to help homeless New Yorkers get to warmth.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The Wolves are not pursuing Memphis point guard Ja Morant, according to team sources, but will continue to canvas the league for other possibilities.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Lastly, check out Museum Brandhorst—eye-catching for its stunning ceramic facade, and just as much so for its massive collection of Cy Twombly canvases.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
  • Homicide detectives remained at the scene Wednesday afternoon to canvas the neighborhood for witnesses and talk with people who were at the scene when officers initially arrived, Becchina said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Multiple agencies and scores of volunteers have been canvasing rugged terrain in Game Management Unit 81 since Saturday.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Auditors frequently canvas in-state neighborhoods in an effort to identify some degree of presence justifying a residency examination.
    — Tom Cullinan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Looking ahead, Semafor canvased experts for their predictions on Washington’s ties with African countries in 2026 on a range of topics, from critical minerals to security.
    — Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Pasalich said the donations would cover expenses such as reward money, pet detective services, making flyers, and organizing volunteer groups to canvas the area posting flyers, as well as inquiring if anyone has any ring footage from the morning Bam Bam was allegedly taken.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • This idea is neatly illuminated in the seminal What Can One Do with a Paving Stone, 1971, comprising a series of black-and-white photographs mounted to canvas and showing the artist variously carrying, caressing, wrapping, and otherwise handling the titular stone.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Feb. 2026

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