abode
Example Sentences
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It was a noisy and chaotic abode when I grew up there as the youngest of five siblings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has put his vibrant Spanish-style storybook residence on the market in Los Angeles for $2.3 million—more than 10 years after he picked up the unique abode.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Patrón co-founder John Paul DeJoria’s roughly 3,600-square-foot, three-bedroom abode sits among multiple ponds on Kiholo Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The final result was a near picture-perfect replica of the Brady abode: the floating staircase, the groovy orange kitchen counters, even the famous vase destroyed by a stray basketball during a famous episode.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
On Ocean’s bank, too, was the abode of the blessed dead.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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