big house

Example Sentences

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Why live in a big house when you can downsize in a state with a lower cost of living?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

Denise Yarmlak, who is 69, single and didn’t want to live alone, bought a big house in Nevada with a friend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

A person can get lost in a big house, all alone, with nothing but their memories as a cold bedfellow.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

In this cramped space, I’d have the luxury of living without a car or a big house, free of constant distractions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2025

But the younger children couldn’t go past the pine clump toward the big house and the town, or the bramble patch where they picked blackberries in summer in the other direction.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong