How to Use the lot in a Sentence

the lot

noun
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  • There were six of them, huddled in the corner of the lot.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
  • Then, instead of entering the lot, the trucks pulled to the side of the road.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Dixon then turned his car around and drove back through the lot to where the sedan had stopped.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The two share the grief of that loss — and a motorhome on the lot of a drive-in movie theater.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • As the largest model of the lot, the X Series was easy to load with wood and start the fire.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But the lot’s steep slope turned out to be a cost-saving win.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Deputies arrived and saw the man still driving around the lot.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Team Legend singer hit all her runs, high notes, low notes, the lot.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
  • At the time, a 500-square-foot, single-story house stood on the lot.
    — Sandra Barrera, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
  • And Martin Perez might still prove to be the most dependable of the lot.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of the clip, Seacrest skips away from the lot, still running on the high of his excitement for the new job.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • The trailhead is located on the western side of the lot and marked with a sign.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
  • Tina Smith, 55, said moving to the lot had improved her life.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The city approved a permit for the tree’s removal, among others now in a pile on the lot, on June 8.
    — oregonlive, 15 July 2023
  • Smoking was to be in the back of the lot — in an outdoor common area behind the duplex.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • Three streetlights with wires hanging out of them were near the parking lot, and none of the lights in the lot were working.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In addition to the N1 base cost, owners will have to put up an extra $725 per month to rent the lot.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 July 2023
  • Dering threw the bag into the trunk of her car and donated the lot.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
  • On some days, because the setups were quite long, Ethan would bring out his guitar and play out on the lot.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Employees at the lot declined to comment about the fires.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Coppola’s young daughter, Sofia, had free run of the lot.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Head west from the lot until the trail turns north and proceed about 0.2 of a mile, watching for a footbridge on your left.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 13 May 2024
  • His blown save in Miami, involving a walk and two singles, was the worst of the lot.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The hotel manager asked the officer to remove the men from the lot.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The car was parked in the lot of Biotmat USA, a blood and plasma donation center.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But on his first visit, he was struck by an untouched pocket-sized forest at the back of the lot.
    — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2024
  • That was seen as good news for Penny Helms, 64, who has been using the lot since last March and is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • As the cars circle light posts and through the lot, people can be seen standing nearby with their phones out.
    — Ken Brown, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The man ran from the lot, then sat down behind a wall on Massachusetts Avenue and was arrested.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • Advertisement The plan was always for the lot to relocate to a stop along the People Mover line once that was completed.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024

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