pied-à-terre
Example Sentences
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Projection designers Yee Eun Nam and Elizabeth Barrett create a kaleidoscopic background on Chika Shimizu’s pied-à-terre set.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
Maybe even rent a pied-à-terre for when you need to get away.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2022
Oxman and his wife, artist Laney K. Oxman, live in Virginia and planned to renovate the apartment to use as a pied-à-terre.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021
As soon as Cagnoli, who had been searching unsuccessfully for a flat in Venice, entered the space, she knew she had found not merely a pied-à-terre but a calling.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020
I keep on my quarters in town," continues your hostess, "principally as a pied-à-terre.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
