summerhouse

Example Sentences

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The defendant went on to use the shower in a summerhouse to wash and clean his clothes.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

She wore Poiret gowns, opened galleries, lent Djuna Barnes the summerhouse where she wrote “Nightwood.”

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2019

“When I first got married, my wife wanted a summerhouse and I wanted a Swan—I bought the Swan first,” says Ferragamo, who visits the yard every two or three months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015

Her summerhouse catches fire, but the fire is static and unsmoking.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2012

“Theo, there is a kind of little summerhouse in the side garden, all overgrown; I noticed it yesterday. Can we explore it this morning?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson