Sentence examples for tall desk from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rumsfeld works standing up at a tall desk in his office, and never seems quite comfortable sitting down.

Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, stood at a tall desk to draw up architectural plans for buildings like the Virginia State Capitol.

The shop, one of two branches that Tetteh owns in Accra, consisted of a single room, where two women sat behind a tall desk waiting to serve customers.

With an almost Dickensian air of Bob Cratchit sitting at his tall desk, two craftsmen from Bentley's bespoke studio in Crewe, England, occupied a space on Greenwich Street in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Much of his adult life was spent pacing around his Copenhagen apartment, composing out loud the sentences that he would then write down, still standing, at his tall desk.

Hanging shelves are great for tool storage, and a tall desk is perfect for all your seed-counting and garden design work.

Mr. Rove, who inherited his office from Hillary Rodham Clinton, does not usually sit; he operates standing, from a tall reading desk.

The men and women who arrive in handcuffs face the duty officer across a tall wooden desk older than their grandparents.

The modern secular lectern is usually a tall, narrow desk with a sloping top and a ledge to hold a dictionary, book, or other papers while its user reads or lectures from a standing position.

Other hotels are emphasizing human touch over high-tech by serving fruity welcome drinks upon guest arrivals or trading the traditional tall check-in desk, which has long dominated hotel lobbies, for free-standing pods that allow employees to mingle with the guests.

Those legs will make Arachnophobia stand tall on a desk… but like any spider, it can also be installed on a wall thanks to an ingenious mounting system.