How to Use courtyard in a Sentence

courtyard

noun
  • The apartment overlooks a courtyard.
  • Cook said that street lights in the courtyard were off at the time of the late-night shooting.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Outside are trees, garden beds, lawns, and a landscaped courtyard.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022
  • There was one episode where Billy sees Matt kissing a man in the courtyard.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The landscaped central courtyard surrounds a basalt slab set with a pool, sundeck, and fire pit.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The firm made sure most of the hotel’s public spaces are situated either outdoors or open to the courtyard.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The brewery is the sister business of Smith & Co. and is located across the side courtyard.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Photo : David Fitzgerald An inviting spa sits in a downstairs courtyard.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Inside was a cobblestone courtyard, encircled by freestanding bungalows, a bar, and a small, empty store.
    Ann Neumann, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
  • There are skylights above the kitchen island and a Juliet balcony overlooking the interior courtyard.
    Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • It would be placed prominently in the courtyard of the society’s headquarters and just visible to passersby through an arched entrance on Aviles Street.
    Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • There will still be an outdoor brick courtyard replete with that majestic banyan tree and full bar, but diners can now enjoy Sunny’s rain-or-shine in the indoor mid-century modern space.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Over there might be the edge of a courtyard or perhaps a gate.
    WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Ruben was in the courtyard of the Alex Theater [in Glendale].
    Fred Bronson, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • The courtyard in front of the court building was full of TV crews ready to do live shots.
    David Bauder, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Outside, a carousel topped with an onion dome spins in the courtyard.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The entrance is now on Camelback, not through the courtyard off the parking lot.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Opt for an apres-ski concert at The Snow Lodge, based in its courtyard.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
  • A couple of weeks ago, a stray bullet hit a doctor in the pelvis in the courtyard.
    Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • To enter the home, a sunken courtyard brimming with greenery opens to the main front hall.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 July 2023
  • The room is 50 feet long and 20 feet wide and opens onto a courtyard with a staircase leading to the first floor.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Let Alex Perry show you this home, which is built around a courtyard.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • In the second half of the courtyard scene, Luffy and Zoro’s abilities are front and center.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Have breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner among the olive trees and palms in the courtyard and patios.
    Michelle Duncan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2023
  • There's nothing like a modern fountain to set the scene in a courtyard.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In a courtyard near the café wrecked by the missile, people placed candles and flowers.
    Hanna Arhirova The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The damage included a deep crater in the courtyard, a large hole in the roof and pieces of debris scattered about the house.
    Hanna Arhirova and Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The bar itself is rather small and narrow, so most of the seating is in a shaded courtyard out front.
    Shana Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The home is accessed via a courtyard that leads to a spacious patio with an ocean view.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2024
  • From the right angle, the green paint makes a bare tree in the building’s courtyard look like it’s covered with foliage.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024

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