How to Use windowsill in a Sentence

windowsill

noun
  • Just need a pop of color on the windowsill?
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The first option is to keep them in a jar on your windowsill.
    — Beth Branch, Country Living, 24 May 2022
  • On the windowsill, plants thrive in glass vases.
    — Jana Pollack, Parents, 28 Dec. 2025
  • This is how to use dryer sheets to keep dust off your windowsills.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Black, mold-like spots dot the windowsill in her living room.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The aloe vera on your kitchen windowsill?
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
  • But if the windowsill is too hot, move your herbs to a cooler area.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Even if a fruit falls off, a bit of sunshine will turn it red on a windowsill.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Place them on the ground or on a pedestal, mount them on a windowsill, or hang them from your porch.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2017
  • The same fans perched on an open windowsill can blow in the cool air after the sun goes down.
    — James Ross Gardne, The New Yorker, 30 June 2021
  • Some look like a book that’s been left on a windowsill and gotten damp—the pages open up.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Culley wrapped two in a wet napkin and left them on her windowsill.
    — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 15 July 2021
  • And the kitchen is the perfect place to start a windowsill garden.
    — Jessica Dailey, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2020
  • And the stand is the perfect size for setting on a windowsill or desk.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But there’s always room for a small pot on the windowsill or end table.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2018
  • There was also household mouse bait on the floors and windowsills.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There were switchblades and scissors on top of all the windowsills.
    — Crystal Ponti, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Learn how to grow the tastiest garlic right on your windowsill.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The lucky ones have a rack under an awning, or a place on an indoor windowsill.
    — Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • So that fern that’s been struggling on your dry bedroom windowsill?
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
  • There is not a rainy windowsill in that castle that doesn’t know their bare asses.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 July 2025
  • The flashlight stood on the windowsill, bulb end pointing down.
    — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Dozens of hydrangeas peak out behind the windowsill.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This approach is all about hands in the dirt, herbs on the windowsill, and birds at the feeder.
    — Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
  • If your mom has a garden, a porch or even a sunny windowsill, this one is worth the trip.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • June sits on the windowsill and imagines Hannah in front of her.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 May 2025
  • The best thing is that there are no drainage holes, meaning no messy water to clean up on the windowsill.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Place the glass on a sunny windowsill and change the water every two to three days.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Set on the windowsill, it can be enjoyed without getting in the way.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Small gouges from the brick and broken glass are still visible on the windowsill.
    — David Enrich, New York Times, 6 June 2023

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