house
Example Sentences
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His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Someday she hopes to set up a free seed library, and she’s excited to see bluebird hatchlings in the bluebird house that Venice beekeeper Ian Kimbrey installed in her tree.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Confining a world-famous pop star to a blustery old house in the English countryside for the entirety of a film seems inharmonious.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
He said by the time firefighters arrived his house was "already engulfed in flames" and everything is destroyed.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In July, a very sick Phineas gets off a boat in San Francisco and somehow finds his way to the Shattuck house.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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