How to Use floorboard in a Sentence

floorboard

noun
  • Creaky floorboards can drive you crazy.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Cathy peers down at them through a hole in the floorboards.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And her pants and her clothes … were in the floorboard by her feet.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 June 2021
  • Dust would blow in through the cracks in the wall and up through the floorboards.
    — Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The floorboards were gone; the room once used as a kitchen was bare of tiles.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2017
  • On the floorboard of his truck was a case of open beer bottles.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Old boot marks could be seen on the floorboards of some carriages.
    — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 24 July 2019
  • The floorboards were culled from trees cut down to make the driveway.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Pierre jumped up and down with glee, making the floorboards shake.
    — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The car had been parked unlocked, and with its keys on the floorboard.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
  • Her purse, which was on the floorboard in the backseat, was stolen.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Blood was found on the driver’s side floorboard, charges state.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • And so there were all these cracks between the floorboards and the wall boards.
    — Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The plate, which was thrown up under his car, went through the floorboard.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • Erd added a floorboard so a driver wouldn't kick the tie rods (or the ground).
    — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2015
  • Sure enough, there’s a white plastic bowl with a lid there on the back seat floorboard.
    — Laura Lane, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The sun had burst through the gray clouds in my mind, and my mental floorboards were sparkling.
    — Leslie Kendall Dye, SELF, 20 June 2017
  • All of life is in there — every floorboard is a piece of my story.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The knife was later found on the driver-side floorboard of the car.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Rotting Sheetrock and floorboards are piled on the side of the street.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Went to hit the break and at impact my right foot hit the floorboard sideways.
    — Sam Blum, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The barefoot man was seated on the floorboard with his head slumped on the seat.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The walls had begun to bend, the grain in the floorboards was starting to run.
    — Longreads, 7 July 2023
  • One of the floorboards is a trick floorboard that pops up and hits someone in the face.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The cellar was filled to the floorboards above, and barrels hit the floor joists.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The Lafayette homestead has blood in the floorboards, in the lake, in the trees.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Lafayette homestead has blood in the floorboards, in the lake, in the trees.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • Just make sure the floorboards are damage-free and can support the weight of heavy shelves.
    — Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
  • When mopping the floors, be sure to look around for stains or buildup between the floorboards.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
  • She was exposed … And her pants and her clothes … were in the floorboard by her feet.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024

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