country house

Example Sentences

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This camp, and countless others dotting the country, house millions of Syrians whose homes still lie in utter ruin.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Like the revered Russian master’s major works, “The Disappear” takes place in a country house, in this case in upstate New York, that has been in Ben’s family for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

And then I chose the 1950s, and then I chose England and the country house.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Inside, the rooms were almost empty—a large, once elegant country house stripped of all but a few mats, an altar in one comer of the first room, a funeral urn.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston