How to Use clerestory in a Sentence

clerestory

noun

• Glass doors and clerestory windows flood the dining room with light.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Light pours through walls of glass, clerestory windows and skylights.
  — Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• The studio has its own entrance — with a black brick façade and clerestory windows.
  — Curbed, 31 July 2023
• Skylights and clerestory windows draw in natural light but not wind or rain.
  — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2021
• Skylights and clerestory windows give the living spaces a bright and airy feel.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2020
• Here, clerestory windows add to the sense of lightness, as if elements are floating.
  — oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2022
• The kitchen is light and bright because high clerestory windows are stripped along the soffits at the tops of the cabinets.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2020
• To the right is the sunken living room, which has a row of clerestory windows and a fireplace with a ceiling-height brick surround.
  — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• The dining room features a stone art wall and a gently vaulted ceiling with clerestory windows.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Low ceilings were raised to open up the interiors and clerestory windows were added to bring in more light and mountain views.
  — Lisa Boone, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Natural light comes into the house during the day through big windows, glass doors, skylights and clerestory lights.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2022
• There are side-by-side sliding doors, panels of glass forming walls, and ribbons of clerestory windows framing the sky.
  — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
• Walls of floor-to-ceiling windows and bands of clerestories reinforce the modern design.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• The sunken living room features a ring of clerestory windows and a floating fireplace hanging from the ceiling.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
• Events could include weddings, private and corporate functions, even car shows, as the clerestory doors open wide enough for cars to drive in.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 June 2021
• On one hand, residents of his Spiderhead don’t even have clerestory windows.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
• Loro Houston kept the triangular roof shape and small clerestory windows.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 23 Feb. 2022
• Inside, a tall foyer, crowned by clerestory windows, leads to the main living area and its central hearth surrounded in gray.
  — oregonlive, 11 June 2020
• Oversized windows at eye level and numerous clerestory windows flood the room with natural light year-round.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
• With overhead clerestories flowing with natural light the feeling is permanence in a new-fashioned way.
  — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• The distinct residence, with jagged lines and bands of clerestories, was designed to take in its verdant outdoor surroundings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• The height of the upper clerestory level, which is the highest part of the ceiling, reaches 63 feet, 7 inches.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
• Features include clean lines, walls of windows and clerestories and a two-story atrium entry with an artistic spiral staircase.
  — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• The way the light bounces around is incredible, made possible thanks to Wright’s cut-out clerestory windows (low in height and above eye level).
  — Kristine Hansen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
• Though tiny, the room makes the most of the location, with clerestory windows and cathedral ceilings, which come to a point on the northeastern corner of the building.
  — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
• Rich in modernist style, the Laurel Canyon home pairs walls of glass, clerestories and skylights with various shades of hardwood in the open floor plan.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
• The multilevel house, completed last year, has a clean-looking black façade punctuated by bands of clerestory windows and sliding glass doors.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
• As the day passes, shadows trace the earthen-red floors, clock-like in their sweep and complemented by golden beams of light from clerestory windows above the main living area.
  — Nick Remsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
• The living quarters feature soaring 25-foot ceilings, clerestory windows, and skylights that create a bright and airy feel.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
• At the heart of the grounds is the nearly 5,600-square-foot main house, with high ceilings, clerestory windows and multiple fireplaces.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 20 May 2021