country house

Example Sentences

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He strode into a country house, moody and mysterious, like Heathcliff from “Wuthering Heights.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

A young couple move to a secluded country house and have a baby, but the mother's mental health suffers under the pressure of domestic life.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Marianne spent her early years at Braziers Park, an upmarket commune founded by her father in an Oxfordshire country house.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

The experience evokes a romantic dinner party in a private country house from another era.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

They had just returned from motoring in a friend’s Rolls to a celebrated country house near Bedford.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson