on the carpet in English

on the day's agenda

Use "on the carpet" in a sentence

1. Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet.

2. 18 The cat curled up on the carpet.

3. There was a dark red stain on the carpet.

4. The puppy has done a piddle on the carpet.

5. SHe has been more dressy since you come on the carpet.

6. The children sat silent on the carpet, entranced by the puppet show.

7. The waiter spilled wine on the carpet but there was no harm done.

8. Why don't we hide that stain on the carpet with a scatter rug?

9. She thought the diamond was lost until she saw something glinting on the carpet.

10. And since there are no scuff marks on the carpet, that effectively clears Grace.

11. He turned his head, irritated and in pain, and rubbed it on the carpet.

12. He laid out the newspaper on the carpet and stripped off the bowl's clingfilm covering.

13. She said she took Emilio out of his bowl and put him on the carpet.

14. I was supposed to enter... get completely undressed... then get on all fours on the carpet.

15. The boss called the foreman on the carpet for granting sick leave to a worker without first asking for permission.

16. They found hair on the carpet and fingerprints that puts Kirsten in Albergs apartment at the time of his murder.

17. Two of the black lacquer cabinets had been opened and china lay in little piles outside them on the carpet.

18. The mite lives in carpets as well as beds, but few of us lie on the carpet for hours on end.

19. Family members are frequently guilty of being Complicitors: parents, siblings and close friends who cannot bear to call someone they love on the carpet

20. An example of usage of the word Aught is to say, “I don't suppose you know anything at all about this stain on the carpet?”

21. Carpet Fuzzing (Bearding) A hairy or beard like appearance on the carpet surface that develops when fibers work loose from the yarn bundle under foot traffic

22. Call off, call of nature, call on, call one's own, call on the carpet, Callop, callosal, callosal gyrus, callose, callosity, Callot Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc

23. ‘It Certainly beats sitting on the carpet waiting for mum to decide that it is time for a change of scenery.’ ‘It was Certainly better than the average submission, so he decided to spend a little time on it.’ ‘The lad can Certainly play in a number of positions, but where remains to be seen.’

24. ‘Ladies were Cooing over them but he didn't acknowledge them.’ ‘The grand lobby had my grandmother Cooing - score some points for me.’ ‘We've all seen it: a mother crouched on the floor, arms outstretched, Cooing to her baby as he lopsidedly plops first one hand, then the other, on the carpet, dragging his chubby knees behind him.’

25. Chide v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, Chide, berate