small house

Example Sentences

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The couple can narrowly swing their $2,500 rent on a townhouse in South Portland, but are looking to purchase a small house to save money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

One small house with a sand-colored roof had a sign stuck in the grass toward the end of its long, winding driveway: “Immigrants are welcome here.”

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

Dipak Magar, 39, is proud of the small house he has built on a bend of a rutted road.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Eight days later, police officers raced at 3 a.m. to a small house in San Fernando where, slumped in a recliner, they found a woman Torres had called his wife.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

As the ice-cream truck pulled off, John John, Trista, Francy, and Bit walked a few houses down, until they got to a small house they'd all been to before.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds