outbuilding
Example Sentences
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Beyer said he was not aware of any structures that have been destroyed by either blaze so far, save for a small outbuilding that burned in the Timber fire several days ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The shop, a small outbuilding adjacent to a used car lot, now sat empty; its fading sign still stood roadside.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The Wiltshire Council signed off on his plans to build an ornamental outbuilding, a three-story extension, the lake and a driveway that curves around it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
The 500-square-foot outbuilding wasn’t where Stringer, an L.A.-based ceramicist, imagined setting up shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
When they had to cross open country again, John kept to the hedgerows so they would not be seen, and as they came nearer to Lindsay, he kept well away from every barn and outbuilding.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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