garret

Example Sentences

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They are ready to remake the world from their cold-water garret.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

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

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

Jo bore up very well till the last flutter of blue ribbon vanished, when she retired to her refuge, the garret, and cried till she couldn’t cry any more.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott