garret

Example Sentences

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In May 1976, Rybakov’s close friend, dissident artist Yevgeny Rukhin, died in a fire in his garret studio in St. Petersburg, where he was meeting with friends.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

A triangle conjures up the narrow garret in which Harriet Jacobs, the author of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” hid for seven years to avoid capture.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

The romantic image of the writer in the garret doesn't do justice to the tedious reality of churning out words, one after another.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

As a young man, having fled communist Bulgaria, he would gaze at the monument from his tiny garret apartment.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

He shuts down the saw and wriggles through the raw hole, up the ladder behind it, and into the garret.

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