big house

Example Sentences

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She told the court that she also knew Low from Edradynate, as she had previously worked in the "big house" on the estate.

From BBC

It’s built like a house—a really, really big house—with two chimneys, a wraparound porch, and a weather vane on the roof.

From Literature

The big house is still the main show, antiquated customs and preserved finery still the plot, even as some of these hosting descendants, faced with declining revenues, grasp that there’s an increasing awkwardness to the “Gone With the Wind” myth they’re peddling.

From Los Angeles Times

Why live in a big house when you can downsize in a state with a lower cost of living?

From MarketWatch

Stone adds, “Isolation and extremes. All three people are extremely isolated in different ways, whether it’s Michelle’s big house and being alone as CEO of this company, or the very different socioeconomic background of Teddy and Don and how their isolation can breed more extreme viewpoints, and vice versa.”

From Los Angeles Times