How to Use lobby in a Sentence

lobby

1 of 2 noun
  • I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.
  • The proposed new law is supported by the oil lobby.
  • The lobby can be used as a workspace.
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But this is a hallway or a lobby.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Liu leans against a marble wall in the lobby.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Have your building host one in its lobby or rooftop.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • And yet the gun lobby opposed them all.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • Players who once skipped it now lobby to get in.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Works by local artists line the walls and lobby.
    — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • Guests can expect live jazz in the lobby each week.
    — Carole Dixon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Truth be told, the lobby café feels somewhat stuffy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
  • For starters, the lobby is anything but grandiose.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • The lobby lounge, restaurant, and pool deck are on the ground floor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Snag a seat at the lobby bar called Embers.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • These days, that same lobby is one of my favorite places to grab a drink or a bite.
    — Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That room is not called a lobby or a reception area.
    — Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026
  • Next door is the hotel’s gym, and just across the lobby, guests will find the spa.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Is there a Starbucks in the lobby?
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There is a cash bar in the museum lobby.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
  • The lobby was once heated by steam rising through grates in the floor.
    — Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Then a nurse came into the lobby and plucked our baby out of his stroller.
    — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Once in the lobby, the men are seen in the footage pushing each other.
    — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At the lobby, a hotel worker said that guests had to stay in their rooms.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The skeletons sit on a bench in the old theater's lobby.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Upon arrival, large glass doors open to the lobby desk.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Skoal Room, the lobby bar, feels worlds away from the clean whites of the check-in desk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
  • Others were laid out on stretchers in dorm lobbies.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The landlord lobby doesn’t care if your apartment is safe.
    — Sumathy Kumar, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Ramps are available for access to the main lobby.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Black-and-white images of its past form a slideshow of sorts along one of its walls near the lobby.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

lobby

2 of 2 verb
  • The health-care industry has lobbied against the proposal.
  • I lobbied our company for a new computer.
  • Clyne and his son, Rusty, lobbied fiercely against the move.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The group lobbied tirelessly to make those words come true.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Christian groups lobbied strongly for these changes.
    — David Mislin, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Are there any groups of creators who are lobbying for this not to be banned for that reason?
    — Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Labels and artists lobbied to get their videos in heavy rotation.
    — Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Holocaust survivors have lobbied to freeze his sainthood process.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Last week, the panel also began searching for a firm to lobby the state.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The district is continuing to lobby for more state funds and grants as well.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps the Bears should’ve sent them to Springfield to lobby for the bill.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Meta has been lobbying to block the deal too, the Journal reports.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ali is lobbying her colleagues to come back to Sudan.
    — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 26 Apr. 2026
  • In many cases, parents lobbied a few years ago for school cellphone bans, which have now become the norm.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026
  • In many cases, parents lobbied a few years ago for school cellphone bans, which have now become the norm.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Moore kept all his effort—the phone calls, emails, and lobbying on his own behalf—from Dawn.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • Some are lobbying state lawmakers to lift a long-standing ban on pay toilets.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • Shear led a committee that lobbied for its addition.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • This year, records show the group has again retained Lukis to lobby on the legislation.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Kalshi shelled out at least $1 million on lobbying last year—a record for the eight-year-old company.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Airbnb has lobbied for change, backing a bill that would have eased restrictions as recently as last month.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But that’s short of the 100% increase some advocates had lobbied for.
    — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean Diggs has been lobbying for targets behind the scenes.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Heat is not commenting on the matter and is not using the media to lobby for a pick.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Some drugmakers are lobbying for orphan drugs to be exempt from the price caps being set by state boards.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Kyiv has been lobbying to receive the missiles for several months.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The problem lingers year after year, even as the state uses this injustice to lobby for more funding.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Have there been lobbying campaigns before?
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Activists are lobbying for direct-to-cell service in Iran.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Some sneaky actors will lobby for regulation that favors them.
    — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026

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