How to Use "Drawer" with Example Sentences

drawer (n): a box in a piece of furniture that slides out and can be used for storage

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Used with adjectives:

"I found the pictures in the bottom drawer."
(bottom, middle, top)

"This desk has deep drawers."
(deep, shallow)

"The checkbook is kept in an open drawer."
(open, locked, secret)

"The extra key is in the kitchen drawer."
(kitchen, desk, dresser, nightstand, file-cabinet, junk)

"We hid it in the sock drawer."
(sock, underwear)

Used with verbs:

"Open the drawer."
(open, pull open, pull out, slide open, close, push in, shut, lock, unlock)

"She reached into the drawer."
(reached into, went through, looked through, rummaged through, searched)

"He needs to empty that drawer."
(empty, clean out, organize)

Used with prepositions:

"We put the money in the drawer."
(in)

"She grabbed the keys from the drawer."
(from, out of)