casement

Example Sentences

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"When it struck the quarters, the whole room shook and then the joy of somebody coming in, opening the casement, putting the rod in and winding it up," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2022

“We added casement windows with screens so that it could be a four-season porch and we could enjoy it all year long,” said Baudoin.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Lai’s plan replaces windows and doors with black iron casement designs to let in more light, and installs bleached-oak flooring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2018

“Lyra barged open the door, dragged her rickety chair to the window, flung wide the casement, and scrambled out,” he wrote in the first volume of his epic trilogy, “His Dark Materials.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

Loading the zincoshine was a labor-intensive process, no more than three inches of propellant compressed at a time in the casement, a drying time of four hours required for each segment.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam