courtyard
noun
court·yard
ˈkȯrt-ˌyärd 
: a court or enclosure adjacent to a building (such as a house or palace)
Examples of courtyard in a Sentence
The apartment overlooks a courtyard.
a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard
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Livestream video of the event showed crowds of people running from the university's courtyard where the 31-year-old was speaking when the shooting occurred.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show a bullet strike Kirk in the neck while speaking before a crowd, while others show people rushing out of a courtyard.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a building roof some distance away to the courtyard where the event at which Kirk was speaking took place.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The White House moved Thursday's 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon into the courtyard, away from the 9/11 memorial where the somber ceremony has been held for decades, in light of Kirk's killing.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show a bullet strike Kirk in the neck while speaking before a crowd, while others show people rushing out of a courtyard.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a building roof some distance away to the courtyard where the event at which Kirk was speaking took place.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The White House moved Thursday's 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon into the courtyard, away from the 9/11 memorial where the somber ceremony has been held for decades, in light of Kirk's killing.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for courtyard
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“Courtyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtyard. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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courtyard
noun
court·yard
-ˌyärd
: a court or enclosure next to a building
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