granary

Example Sentences

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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

But after the bodies were taken away and the granary was handed back, Mr Bufton's parents, Jack and Muriel, found the lost Iron Cross embellished with the swastika.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2023

On Saturday, water reached warning levels and continued to rise on the Muling river in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, known as the nation's "great northern granary", the provincial hydrology office said.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2023

All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

In the granary, unused for so long, I stored away half a bag of rice, two measures of dhal and nearly a pound of chillies.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya