How to Use adjoin in a Sentence
adjoin
verb- The two rooms adjoin each other.
- Her office adjoins the library.
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In the bathroom that adjoins the home gym, a soft-pink marble steals the show.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
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Just put it on to the wall adjoining the one housing the fireplace.
—Brie Dyas, House Beautiful, 8 Dec. 2016
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The dining area adjoins a step-down living room, which has a fireplace.
—Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 15 June 2019
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The plant and adjoining five parcels of land sold for $20 million.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2020
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The turf-track horse-racing course that adjoined this house in Mark’s time, and ours, is gone now.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 11 May 2017
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Guards kept the bathroom adjoining the cell locked for most of the time he was confined, the suit says.
—Paradise Afshar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
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Those colonies must be in a fence no less than 4 feet high and away from adjoining properties.
—Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2017
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The set was to be used in a room adjoining the secretary’s office.
—Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
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The third bedroom directly adjoins a small study and has an en-suite bathroom.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2018
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Two of our neighbors have fences that adjoin ours and which, based on condition, were built around the same time.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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The pipeline failure occurred at a girth weld, a point that adjoins two pipes, the agency said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
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To avoid sand in your sandwich, spread your picnic under a tree in the grassy area adjoining the beach.
—Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
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On the third floor, there's a family room adjoined to a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen.
—Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
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The playground will adjoin the concrete pad and sidewalk, Weant said.
—Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 July 2019
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The problem with that, neighbors like Earnest say, is the street is narrow and adjoins a dirt road.
—John Sharp, AL.com, 16 Feb. 2018
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Spann will keep his adjoining wine shop and bar open, but the dining room was slated to serve its last meal this weekend.
—Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2018
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Chandler said the man then ran south and jumped a fence into the adjoining property.
—Anita Chabria, Benjy Egel and Nashelly Chavez, sacbee, 21 Mar. 2018
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The front door opens to a foyer adjoining a dining room with black-and-white marble flooring.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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In the second-floor bonus suite, a striped wall anchors the seating area, which adjoins the home's fourth bedroom and bath.
—Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
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In the heart of the home the family room, which features a gorgeous fireplace, adjoins the kitchen.
—star-telegram, 21 May 2017
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The thumb-sized relic, displayed in an ornate silver case, can be seen in a chapel adjoining the church.
—Joseph Krauss and Mohammad Daraghmeh, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2019
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Julian lords over not one but two swanky adjoining townhouses stuffed with antiques.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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The protesters were outside on a sidewalk adjoining the beach, on the far side of the tent from where the stage was set up.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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Eighteen of the suites/rooms are adjoining for families.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
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The two beds can also be adjoined into a single double bed with an optional kit.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
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The factory wall, perhaps 15 feet high, runs for half a mile or more next to the avenue that adjoins it.
—Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
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The head chef, Jason Rutigliano, works from an open kitchen/tent adjoining the restaurant.
—Fortune, 12 July 2018
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Hearing, from the adjoining bathroom, the thrumming sound of a shower.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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