How to Use closet in a Sentence
- The sheets and blankets are in the hall closet.
- He has a closet full of new clothes.
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Coat closets are not up for the task.
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Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are a lot of closets in the house.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The one that was at home in the closet.
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Joel M. Vance,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
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Its not in my closet, its not on the floor.
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Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Don’t let a lack of closet space get you down.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
27 June 2026
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So who locked Rhaenyra in that closet room?
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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Time to find a special spot for them in the closet.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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No need to keep hiding them in the back of the closet.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2026
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Each has a walk-in closet and two are ensuite.
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James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Put extra shoes and coats back in the closet.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ready to add some new running shoes to your closet?
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Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Editing your small closet is the name of the game here.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2026
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Jimmy opens the door to a large closet.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Skip the cubbies on the left or right side of the closet.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2026
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After all, none of us has that much closet space.
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Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
30 Jan. 2026
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The bedroom is queen-size and has a walk-in closet.
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Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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Place them in drawers or closets, or hang them in your car.
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Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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Now, the brand wants to conquer the rest of the closet.
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Jessica Schiffer,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each summer, a shoe emerges as the one to have in your closet.
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Kevin Leblanc,
ELLE,
13 June 2023
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The smelter is in a room roughly the size of a walk-in closet.
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Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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To have our full selves come out of the closets and into the fore?
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Andrew Pasquier,
Them.,
18 Sep. 2025
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These pants are a closet staple that work with all kinds of pieces.
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Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Needless to say, this is a closet must-have.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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Needless to say, this is a closet must-have.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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These aren’t just random picks from my closet.
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Gabriela Garcia,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Bring it to the front of your closet and style it into your wardrobe.
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Claire Peltier,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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So no, the bathrobe isn’t hanging in his closet.
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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Your closet should be stress-free, not covered in dirt.
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Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
- He closeted himself in his apartment for several days.
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That brings me back to closet clean-outs.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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Though his boyfriend at the time was with him at the Games, he was still closeted.
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Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE.com,
27 Mar. 2018
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Ready to add a tweed jacket to your fall closet à la Stewart?
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Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Halloween offers up a free pass to closet candy eaters like me.
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Ana Veciana-Suarez,
miamiherald,
24 Oct. 2017
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Cohn was also gay, not so much closeted as hiding in plain, catch-me-if-you-can sight.
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BostonGlobe.com,
2 Oct. 2019
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Then crouch in a small, interior room or closet away from windows.
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Jennifer Gray,
CNN,
10 Apr. 2020
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From handy home and kitchen gadgets to closet staples, don’t miss out on these affordable finds.
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Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Put your out-of-season coats and extra outerwear in the coat closet instead.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026
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Reading romances was a guilty pleasure many customers chose to keep closeted.
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Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Johnson had spent much of high school closeted and nearly suicidal.
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David Freedlander,
Daily Intelligencer,
8 Apr. 2018
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There are countless black gay men, both closeted and out, young and old, who carry that heavy load on their shoulders every day.
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Gerren Keith Gaynor,
The Root,
3 Apr. 2018
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Electric vehicles are no longer some weird damp closet the AV team hides in anymore.
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Austin Irwin,
Car and Driver,
26 Dec. 2021
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Supernatural exists in a world where angels rock trench coats, demons roam freely, and that thing in your kids closet?
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Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
5 Oct. 2020
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He was closeted in high school and cultivated a rebel iconoclasm to cope.
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Simon Van Zuylen-Wood,
Daily Intelligencer,
21 Jan. 2018
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Though Clemons was gay — and sadly closeted for a long time — he was embraced by Rogers as a true friend for life.
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NBC News,
22 May 2018
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If space is limited, move the hamper to a nearby hallway or bedroom closet to free up visual space.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Oct. 2025
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The list includes everything from a doorman and a super to closet space and a dishwasher.
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Isabel Garcia,
House Beautiful,
6 Oct. 2020
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Montour, who grew up in Worcester and was closeted until age 40, now has a large group of friends.
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Robert Weisman,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 June 2018
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There's no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child.
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Chris Malone,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2017
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There’s no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
kansascity,
30 Oct. 2017
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The beginning of springtime signals closet clean-outs, patio season — and lots of spring discounts.
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Erika Reals,
Peoplemag,
31 Mar. 2023
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But right now, he's closeted in his home office working on this mission — with an occasional escape to see his wife and two kids.
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Cheryl Hall,
Dallas News,
27 Mar. 2020
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Thanks to Mansur Gavriel, simple totes with colorful linings have gone from trend to closet staple in the last few years.
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Lindsay Peoples Wagner,
The Cut,
7 Mar. 2018
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But when an anonymous classmate blogs about being gay and closeted, the two build an online relationship.
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Jeneé Osterheldt,
kansascity,
16 Mar. 2018
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For example, when a chic, closet staple brand puts some of their most beloved and coveted styles and shades on sale with serious discounts.
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Lauren Hubbard,
Town & Country,
16 Feb. 2022
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To represent gay men that are closeted and in middle America.
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Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
26 Feb. 2026
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The gun that caused Daquell’s death had been stored on the floor of the living room closet alongside a gun lock in its original packaging.
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David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sort through your winter weather drawer or closet shelf and keep only your favorite or warmest attire, and donate the rest to a shelter or thrift store.
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Kaylei Fear,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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Each of the two bedrooms, also nicely sized and closeted, have their own set of French doors leading onto a private terrace.
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Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
6 Oct. 2025
- Some people think he's a closet homosexual.
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Try a new-to-your-closet denim wash to mix things up.
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Andrea Bossi,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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Was this a closet right-winger keeping tabs on the socialists?
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Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
4 Jan. 2025
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There are plenty of shoes, accessories, clothes, and even non-closet things that can be taken out.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2025
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Plus, keep reading for more closet staples available at Quince.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Here, four Aupen Nirvana bag options — ranging in price from $340 to $420 — that will quickly become closet staples and enrich your ensembles for years to come, no matter how the trend cycle shape-shifts.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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