dormer

Example Sentences

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The roof and an upstairs dormer window of the property were severely damaged by fire.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

So, days ago, when I looked at Angel’s text, I saw a photo of a completed dormer poking out of a steep slate roof on a century-old home.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylights, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

Then she’ll send him up to the little cot he has claimed for himself in the attic, pressed up beneath the window of a dormer.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr