How to Use deck chair in a Sentence

deck chair

noun
  • Sit in a deck chair and hoot and holler at skiers going by.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And will that move just equal deck chairs on the Titanic?
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ault sat in a deck chair as gasoline was pumped into a holding tank.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Craft the pillow and place it on a deck chair to welcome guests and trick-or-treaters to your porch.
    — Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Passengers filled the deck chairs, and balcony doors opened wide to the fresh sea air.
    — Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Yancy loves nothing more than to recline in his deck chair and let the ocean view wash over him.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • With that kind of elbow room, there's hardly a need to wake up early to claim a deck chair.
    — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
  • These deck chairs fold flat to be neatly stacked against a wall, on a mounting rack, or tucked away in a shed.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Will there be a rearrangement of the deck chairs on the Kremlin ship of state?
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • During their famous balcony scene, dad is there too, snoring on a deck chair.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water’s pH level.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water's pH level.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Unknowingly the best ride of the day was riding deck chairs from one side of the ship to other.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • The main pool is surrounded by deck chairs and a jogging track and is adjacent to the top deck bar.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Inside, stress-reducers will include leisure-ready deck chairs.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2017
  • When the ferry docked, a second, larger brawl ensued, with one man wielding a deck chair.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • All rooms are equal and share a semi-private balcony with two deck chairs and hooks for hanging a hammock.
    — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024
  • There are deck chairs, outdoor pools and even a basketball court, but few people were out using them.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There are plenty of park benches, tables with chairs, and cruise ship-worthy deck chairs to rest weary shopping bones.
    — By Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
  • An Ikea Brommö deck chair provides a modern spot to sit on a loggia.
    — Jen Derose, House Beautiful, 20 Dec. 2013
  • Evidence that moving a few deck chairs around won’t fix what ails the FBI.
    — Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Even if the Titanic doesn't sink, the deck chairs are still likely be shaken up by the whole ordeal.
    — Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2020
  • With extreme heat, new shrubs may benefit from temporary shade, like a cage with shade cloth, or a high deck chair over them for a few days.
    — oregonlive, 4 July 2021
  • Ocean water had flooded well past the edge of the island, tossing lawn furniture and deck chairs into the street.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The couple were seated at deck chairs and staring fondly into one another’s eyes.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 28 June 2019
  • This tip also applies to other loose items around your house, including umbrellas, deck chairs and toys.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • The pool is beyond the right-field fence at Chase Field, surrounded by deck chairs like an oasis in this desert.
    — Mark Potts, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • That somebody's going to come and rearrange the deck chairs of those conferences, steal the schools with the eyeballs.
    — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Swapping out Meyers for Smith-Schuster amounts to a shuffling of deck chairs.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Jordan must then recline there for hours, like a sunbather in a deck chair, trying to project the feeling that a whole hillside is crushing him.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

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