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

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

From BBC • Feb. 1, 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

He had his own furniture there, brought out from the country house, but he’d chosen it carelessly and it was an atrocious mix of styles, upholstery, light and dark woods.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt