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

Theodora and Eleanor and Luke explored the tangled thicket behind the house and found the little summerhouse, while the doctor sat on the wide lawn, writing, within sight and hearing.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson