How to Use the living in a Sentence

the living

noun
  • My wife leads them to the living room.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Next to the kitchen is the living room.
    — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Irvi stayed on the living-room couch.
    — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • On the floor in the living room there was blood.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Went to her house, and in the living room was a box.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One set of stains was in the living room near the front door.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Graham slept in the living room with his niece.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In the living area of a motor home.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Your version might be squats in the living room.
    — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That’s our idea of a party in the living room.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the living room, the rug served as a starting point.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The kitchen is just beyond the living area.
    — New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
  • One seeks the dead, the other stalks the living.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • One faces the kitchen, and the other opens to the living room.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The tiny house's large glass doors open into the living room.
    — Adam Williams march 04, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Ask your kids to join you for a dance party in the living room.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The kitchen connects to the living room.
    — Adam Williams march 10, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Bisel answered, then tried to slam the door and go to the living room.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There was a skylight in the living room and a pass-through in the kitchen.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One of our favorite things to do is just hang out in the living room with our cats.
    — Vanessa Wachtmeister, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Then cozy up by the fire pit or in front of the living room’s large stone fireplace.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
  • These are the sounds the living learn to sing by, the songs that shape our seeing.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • On the other side of the entry is the living room.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Two knives with what appeared to be blood on their blades were found in the living room.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Both men were found in the living room of a residence.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The main upgrade to the living room is a lovely set of built-ins.
    — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 4 May 2026
  • In the living room was a pool of blood, along with excrement.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Here there is a kitchen that flows into a dining area and the living room.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Jamonte shot himself with the gun in the living room.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Buck leads me through the living room to a hallway downstairs.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026

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