attic

Example Sentences

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A pristine copy of ‘Superman’ No. 1 that was found in an attic sold for $9.12 million at Heritage Auctions, becoming the most expensive comic book ever sold.

From Los Angeles Times

Just days before Netflix airs a serialised adaptation of the novel, hundreds of curious visitors have come to the museum, squeezing past one another on the narrow wooden stairs up to Basmaci's attic room.

From Barron's

Omer Sheikh was in the house during the search and directed investigators to the attic, where 121 boxes of rubber gloves were discovered, as well as a box of face masks.

From BBC

Then, as the flames burned higher and hotter, he threw a blanket around his head and went back into the house—for Rowan, in the attic.

From Literature

Edith Wharton is a moth-eaten gown in the musty attic of American literature.

From The Wall Street Journal