How to Use the Oval Office in a Sentence

the Oval Office

noun
  • This from the Oval Office just this week.
    — NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Just wrap up your thoughts of what that was like in the Oval Office.
    — ABC News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • First came the gilding of the Oval Office.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In this issue, one of those rooms is the Oval Office.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The stock is up about 35% since that show in the Oval Office.
    — Steve Kovach, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Housing is a hard problem to solve from the Oval Office.
    — Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
  • What is more, Jackson in the Oval Office would be a caged bird.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At the heart of the Oval Office is the president’s desk.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Wiles often sits to the side in the Oval Office, out of camera view.
    — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
  • By the third chapter, the focus shifts back to the Oval Office.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Trump took note in recent remarks from the Oval Office.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The main-event competitors are set to walk out from the Oval Office.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
  • The prize was leaning against a statue in the Oval Office.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s some radius around the Oval Office which is a pardon zone.
    — NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Chaos ripples out from the Oval Office hourly as from rocks dumped into a pond.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • He's got to get out there, not sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office.
    — ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Trump meets with auto workers in the Oval Office.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Two fighters made their entrance from the Oval Office.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • Some of the movie’s choicest moments come from scenes in and around the Oval Office.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • The scene is the Oval Office, today, midday.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • One of the largest attractions is a life-sized replica of the Oval Office.
    — Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • The pair could be seen posing next to Trump in the Oval Office in one photo.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The ceiling isn't the only thing that's been given a makeover in the Oval Office.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The ceiling isn't the only thing that's been given a makeover in the Oval Office.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • His comparison drew gasps from some in the Oval Office.
    — Emily Chang, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Now, it is often seen in a model on the coffee table in the Oval Office.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Trump told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 3 May 2026
  • There’s also a full-scale replica of the Oval Office where visitors can sit at the desk.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026

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