How to Use corner in a Sentence

corner

1 of 2 noun
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  • He caught the ball in the corner of the end zone.
  • He went to the grocery store around the corner from the bank.
  • We sat at a table in a corner of the room.
  • A post marks the corner of the property.
  • Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  • A group of teenagers were hanging around on the corner.
  • He said something out of the corner of his mouth to the person standing next to him.
  • The hotel is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.
  • Sores had opened on my fingers and in the corners of my mouth.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But that’s not enough; UM needs to add at least two corners in the portal.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
  • That’s when a shirtless John Cena popped his head out from the corner of the stage.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The statue will be on the South Hamilton corner of the state Capitol grounds.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There’s always something around the corner; you can get lost in all the things at times.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • When play resumed for the corner, Horan ran away from the mark of Van de Donk and nodded the ball in at the near post.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • One of the secrets to their success is having the right people in their corner, and ear.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Fall is right around the corner, and with that comes one of the best seasons for camping and on cool-weather hikes.
    — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Their directive: two nannies on the corner of the street.
    — WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
  • His face remains stony as his eyes dart from one corner to the other.
    — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Labor Day 2023 weekend is here which means that fall is right around the corner.
    — Josie Howell | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Boy and girl played Galaga late at night at the small arcade around the corner from boy’s apartment.
    — Jen Kim, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In a corner of the studio, boxes of key-chain-size Rubik’s Cubes were piled ten feet high.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Big Tech has wormed it way into every corner of our lives; now Big AI could be about to do the same.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Transfer to a zip-top plastic bag with a small hole cut in one corner or a squeeze bottle.
    — Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • The JLo Beauty founder then applies red lipstick and details the corners with a lip brush.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • So, there were people in his corner, as there would be throughout the trial.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • With Halloween just around the corner, there’s no better time for a hair-raising road trip.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • These precincts are located in the northeast corner of the county.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Push through all four corners of feet to straighten legs and return to standing.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • With runners on the corners and no outs in the sixth inning of a 3-3 tie, the Sox endured a horrific sequence.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • In one corner of the chapel, a sloping tunnel leads down to the hidden burial chamber.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
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corner

2 of 2 verb
  • Police cornered the suspect in a backyard.
  • The interviewer cornered the politician with some probing questions.
  • He cornered the actress and demanded her autograph.
  • A cornered animal can be dangerous.
  • Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.
    — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • When, near the end, the Jets corner her and almost force a rape, her disgust cuts through the screen like an acetylene torch.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2021
  • There were Nolley and Schmutte, waiting for the right moment to corner him.
    — Jessica Contrera, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The witness ran after the suspect and was able to corner him, police say.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Miles said Groom cornered one of the women and while screaming at her, used his hand to pound the wall beside her head.
    — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • Though not pictured, Woods is late to help corner Jaycee Horn on the vertical route.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • At one point, Manuelito and Leaphorn have a suspect cornered and are told that backup is three hours away.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2023
  • In one instance, a pup died after being cornered by a group of people.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In recent days, fans tightly cornered Tatis for autographs in front of a fence.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • These classic boots are part of the best-selling Moab line, which has cornered the market on hiking shoes for years.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Acceleration aside, the SUV offers a very smooth ride and is able to corner with ease.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 23 June 2022
  • In the first movie, serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Dourif) is wounded and cornered by police in a toy store.
    — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Never approach, feed or corner a bear, the DNR advises, and waving your arms and yelling is enough to scare it away.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2023
  • In its suit, Disney stressed that it was cornered into suing.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • The lean angles and cornering speeds are moving into a realm that would toss most street riders off into the fences.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
  • Vega cornered Guardado in an alley and ordered him to lower the weapon, according to the memo.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • One of them has sent him a text message stating that the fish are blitzing, a dream scenario where a school of bass congregates to corner and feast on a school of bait.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The cow was cornered between two buildings, but the officers were not having any luck wrangling it.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 20 June 2023
  • But on the loops and whorls of a mountain road, the soft suspension substantially limits the A6's cornering speed.
    — Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
  • Unlike with deer hunting, wolf hunters and trappers can operate at night and use dogs to corner wolves.
    — Todd Richmond, ajc, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Agents acted quickly and cornered the driver with weapons drawn.
    — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Most cobalt was mined in Congo, the report pointed out, and China was starting to corner the market.
    — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The chase ended when the officers cornered MeeMoo near a local home surrounded by hedges.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Rhea Riley couldn’t be bothered to corner Liv Morgan in this match, which will likely play into this loss.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The Braves – the team that has cornered the market on pre-arbitration extensions – recently signed fireballer Spencer Strider to a six-year, $75 million deal.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But without shelter, neighbors would sometimes spot Ghost being cornered by coyotes.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024

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