dormer
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Angel told me they only bought a circular saw, a reciprocating saw and a nail gun to build the dormer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
As their dormer bungalow falls into council tax band E, they won't be eligible for the £150 rebate being offered.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2019
While the other children play hopscotch in the alley or swim in the canal, Werner sits alone in his upstairs dormer, experimenting with the radio receiver.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The architectural towers sport cupolas, buttresses, dormers and booming cannons, and they’re decorated with floral garlands, war-trophy cartouches and jewel-toned colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Some people also paid for customized add-ons to their homes, like dormers or a porch.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
And so Harry and Cato began their life at Mrs. De Boer’s, living in one of the narrow dormers in the attic.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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