How to Use cubicle in a Sentence

cubicle

noun
  • Bogged down in cities and cubicles, that’s us.
    — Dan Rubinstein, Outside, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Or it could be used to spy on your co-worker in the next cubicle.
    — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 17 June 2019
  • The return to the cubicle has made some men dust off their tie rack.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 June 2021
  • The kids that sat next to each other in cubicles.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Here's how to bring a little more zen to your cubicle lunch life.
    — Ashley Mason, Bon Appetit, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Offices with cubicles spaced out a few feet apart may no longer be safe.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Many downtown cubicle dwellers pop in for a quick and hearty lunch.
    — chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • Hence the printout tacked to the cubicle wall.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
  • My office is a glass cubicle with views of the entire floor.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In lieu of cubicles, the design team took a more open approach.
    — Mary Jo Bowling, Curbed, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Her colleagues gaped from their cubicles or the doors of their offices.
    — Aya De Leon, The Root, 22 Apr. 2018
  • And they weren't allowed to get their office plants out of their cubicles.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The once-sharp lines of what a worker can and cannot wear inside the cubicle have blurred.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Many of us spend a good chunk of each day sitting at our desks, whether in a home office or a cubicle.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But the space is far cry from the cubicles and private offices common in those days.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • Leaders plan to use both the carrot and the stick to get workers back in their cubicles.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But does the return to the cubicle need to be an all-or-nothing approach?
    — Brett Crosby, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Many of us spend at least part of our days in rooms that don’t get much light, such as a bathroom or a work cubicle.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Picking on a popular state to amuse the bored cubicle crowd sure gets the job done these days.
    — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The bleachers are folded along the back wall and a scoreboard looks out over the cubicles.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Football is not played in an office cubicle.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
  • His desk and chair fill most of his cubicle, which has a window that looks onto a parking lot.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2020
  • After parkouring his way through the bank, the buck got stuck in a cubicle.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • What better way to warm up a cold, sterile cubicle (or work-from-home-space) than with a new plant friend?
    — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 3 May 2022
  • Howard goes into a small, sealed cubicle, opens his suitcase and sits down in front of a window.
    — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The idea of being chained to a cubicle for eight-plus hours a day, five days a week now looks archaic.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • But the little cubicles were still there, as were the plumbing fixtures.
    — Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, 19 Apr. 2018
  • But his nurse, Celia Grace, emerges from the glass cubicle with a message from him.
    — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Time will tell if the cast and writers can, well, make things a little more high octance around the cubicles.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But don’t be too quick to conclude things are going back to the days of 9 to 5 in the old cubicle.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024

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