How to Use vault in a Sentence

vault

1 of 2 noun
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  • Here are eight ways to style your precious pieces from the vault.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Mark drove back to Omaha and stored the games in a vault.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The other skills named after Biles are on the floor, vault, and beam.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
  • His house was the vault of ugly memories: the fights, the squabbles, the taunts, the slurs.
    — Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • That's when Michelle grabbed her briefcase and headed to the vault.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The arches are located at the joints of the vaults and carry the weight of the ceiling.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 14 July 2023
  • This is not the first time Lorde has kept a song in the vaults while performing it.
    — Vulture, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Braintree’s Abigail Kostas, who tied for best score in the vault, took the all-around with a 33.3.
    — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • That structure features a design scheme known as the veil and the vault.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The Jutland opens with a thunk, like a vault door, and stays open via a liner lock.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Now the boys sing the Magnificat, the song of Mary, their voices rising to the ribs of the vault.
    — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The hardest vaults being done now are worth 5.4 or 5.6.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Inside the lodge is the mill’s old vault, where money and valuables were stored.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • When is the last time the Chargers opened the vault for a big-name coach who could instantly be the face of the franchise?
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The locked vault was found in a room in the Lexington Hotel in Chicago .
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The word is that the last time anyone wore the Strathmore Rose was in 1930, before Princess Kate rescued it from the vault.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Harrison confirmed there was a vault with guns at the home.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 25 July 2023
  • Retton also took home silver medals in the vault and team event, as well as bronze medals in the uneven bars and the floor.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • That’s all the time Simone Biles needs to dazzle the world with a vault few humans are even willing to try.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • She is expected to help on the uneven bars in addition to the vault.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • As soon as the clock strikes, a vault opens, revealing Carey embedded in a block of ice.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There is far too much great work from the 20th century locked away in the vaults of collections like this one.
    — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Taylor Swift isn’t the only one cracking open her vault these days.
    — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • All of Taylor Swift fans' wildest dreams have come true — the full list of vault tracks from 1989 (Taylor's Version) are here.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In lieu of bringing something out of the vault, the royal turned to high-street favorite Zara for her earrings.
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The Razorbacks did not stick their vault landings in the first rotation and wound up with a 49.05.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Together, the two will aim to deliver a mix of unheard tracks from the Death Row vaults.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The initial plan for my first album was to record it at the club, and these early tapes have been sleeping in my vault for six decades.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Carey finished in the top 10 on just one event — vault — where the Americans figure to be loaded.
    — Time, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The first-time nominee reached into the Tiffany & Co. vault for the awards show, picking out a wreath-like archival necklace from 1962.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
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vault

2 of 2 verb
  • The close loss was still enough to vault the Longhorns into the top 25.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That’s a new high point for the tune, which vaults from No. 58.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And the Knicks’ next move could vault them over Cleveland in the contender’s circle.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 13 July 2023
  • Those improvements could be enough to vault Bona into the first round of the 2025 NBA draft.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Longhorns vault all the way from 11th to 4th on the heels of a dominant win against then-No. 2 Gonzaga.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But for now, Maxey's monstrous first month of the campaign has vaulted him to the front of the MIP pack.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The win vaulted the Panthers back past the Bruins and to the top of the East with 26 games left in the regular season.
    — David Wilson, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Such a scenario could vault Brown firmly into the Rookie of the Year race.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That vaulted the Razorbacks past the Ducks and into third place.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2023
  • As the Christmas songs are swept from the chart for another year, a raft of singles vault up the tally.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Adding Harden isn't going to vault Houston to the lofty heights his biggest fans still dream of.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 May 2023
  • The trio of sisters has helped vault the Generals into a No. 2 ranking in Class 6A.
    — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Harris vaulted a short wall at the end of the cart corral and turned back toward Elliott, gun in hand.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The win vaulted the Warriors over the Lakers in the standings and serves a step toward earning a tiebreaker.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Artemas himself also vaults 42-11 on the Emerging Artists chart.
    — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That vaulted Lovejoy to No. 2 in the 5A-others area rankings.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Astros hold the second wild-card spot despite getting swept by the Mariners, who vaulted ahead of the Blue Jays for the final spot.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Besides vaulting into the major league lead in homers, Ohtani is tied in RBIs with 67.
    — Joe Reedy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • Removing the beam and column and vaulting the kitchen and living room was number one.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The scorn being heaped on her by people who couldn’t vault over a cheeseburger is coming in hot and heavy.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2021
  • The change that made the biggest impact, Aubree says, was bringing the living room floor to the same level as the rest of the house and vaulting the living room ceiling.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • With the meal in hand, the resourceful bear vaulted itself onto the top of the freezer and escaped through an open window.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Abramović definitely did, vaulting the mode to the mainstream.
    — Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The party confronts a mood of frustration among the rising electoral force that helped vault it to power.
    — Alexander Burns, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Cantlay and Spieth rolled in birdie putts moments apart at No. 6 to vault to the lead while Hoffman was making bogey six holes ahead.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Think oversized panes of glass, wide overhangs, lots of mahogany, and vaulted cedar ceilings.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Most notably, the proposal would vault South Carolina -- the state that helped salvage Biden's candidacy -- to the front of the line.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Blood is smeared across bathroom mirrors, maybe from a nose punched by one of the violent drag queens vaulting around the gig on skyscraper stilettos.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The movement begins at No. 6, where Big Ten leader Wisconsin vaults four places.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Wisconsin Lutheran has done just that in a couple of its latest victories over the past two weeks to vault to No. 1 in our area rankings.
    — Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024

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