How to Use windowpane in a Sentence

windowpane

noun
Definition of windowpanenext
  • Ice had formed on the windowpane.
  • The world is a mess; the prose is, somehow, a windowpane.
    — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 18 June 2021
  • The woman placed her palm on the other side of the windowpane.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • And then all of a sudden, one of the takes, a flock of geese fly past and reflect off the windowpane.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 June 2023
  • The stars seemed as sharp as tips of grass touching a windowpane.
    — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The roof, windowpanes and front door are missing, and the walls are collapsed.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In the thick of the action, a man wielding the helmet broke out the windowpane in front of Ms. Babbitt.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Like her forearms and face, the windowpanes were blurred with dust.
    — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Now imagine that the windowpane is the 2D surface of your skin.
    — R. Douglas Fields, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The groom went with a classic dark blue suit and tie with a windowpane pattern.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • It was learned that someone had thrown a tire iron through the lower windowpane.
    — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Once the plane was parked, the crew inspected it and found that two windowpanes were missing.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There are windowpane plaids and prince-of-wales checks, tartans and houndstooths.
    — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The bear then broke a windowpane by the door and entered the apartment, according to Brunner.
    — Melissa Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The woman then noticed that the screen in one of her windows was dislodged and the top windowpane was partly opened.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The young prince has a huge grin and is wearing a blue Fair Isle sweater over a blue-and-white windowpane plaid button-down and denim shorts.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, the windowpane in my room was broken and the landlady never fixed it.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Ducks are outside, bills pressed to the windowpane of the College Football Playoff.
    — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The walls and nailhead-trim headboard are swathed in a handsome windowpane wool plaid, a navy with silver stripes.
    — Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Some manuscripts are now mounted, windowpane style, with the intent of being bound.
    — Sara Georgini, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Some manuscripts are now mounted, windowpane style, with the intent of being bound.
    — Sara Georgini, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The mod mood was reflected in tunic-style tops paired with miniskirts and pants, in a windowpane check, or wool trimmed in crystal.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There is only rain rolling slowly down a windowpane, for all time.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • Clear resin, a Kienholz standard, trails down their faces like tears, their legs like sweat, the windowpanes like viscous rain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Wade wore a cream windowpane short suit set with a white shirt underneath and white sneakers.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Hadid zipped into pin-thin pants and a matching coat with a windowpane print.
    — Maria Ward, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2017
  • And then, too, the apparent mystery of the missing section of windowpane.
    — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • These pretty doors include inset panels as well as small windowpanes, all painted in a color to blend with the rest of the home.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Apply even on a cloudy day because U.V.A. light penetrates through the clouds and windowpanes.
    — Sunhee Grinnell, Vanities, 25 May 2018
  • To replace a single windowpane in the community house required a form, which could not be found.
    — Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024

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