How to Use courtyard in a Sentence

courtyard

noun

• The apartment overlooks a courtyard.
• The crew stayed in the courtyard of the Gurungs’ house.
  — Corey Robinson, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2022
• In the courtyard, the distance from the patio floor to the beams above is 20 feet.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2022
• Just beyond the glass door next to them was the courtyard and pool.
  — Sean Clancy, arkansasonline.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• Over there might be the edge of a courtyard or perhaps a gate.
  — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But the rough clay walls around the courtyard were still standing.
  — Anna Coren, CNN, 14 Sep. 2021
• The event takes place rain or shine in the courtyard at Pix Pâtisserie.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 May 2022
• The top floor will have a courtyard with a translucent roof.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
• Outside, a carousel topped with an onion dome spins in the courtyard.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
• The project features a courtyard in the center and an open-air rooftop.
  — Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
• The concerts will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the village square courtyard.
  — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
• Time is frozen on the face of the antique clocks positioned in the courtyards.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
• Dinner was outside on the lawn, while drinks and food were served in the courtyard.
  — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
• There are options with views of the park, the pool, the courtyard, and Downtown Disney.
  — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
• The concert will take place in the library’s courtyard.
  — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
• 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
• At the heart of the courtyard, a storied níspero tree, laden with ripe fruit, provides shade on the hottest days.
  — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• A couple of weeks ago, a stray bullet hit a doctor in the pelvis in the courtyard.
  — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• One of them brought the boy into a courtyard to calm him down, and a group of teens and staff followed.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• 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
• The guests stand frozen in the courtyard of the guest villa as tonight’s wail is swallowed by the roar of the helicopters above.
  — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
• Now, though, the courtyard is closed and guests can’t get near the Christmas tree and its pink oversized bows.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• Sister Ship, and its courtyard, is the heartbeat of the whole hotel.
  — Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• Hanging out on the second-floor courtyard but too lazy to go down for a drink?
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2021
• The deliciousness of this line wouldn’t be effective without the presentation of lights that appear when Mrs. Winterton walks into the courtyard.
  — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025