How to Use foyer in a Sentence

foyer

noun
  • And that’s just the labyrinth’s foyer.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Place it on the front porch, in the foyer, or on the front lawn.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Double front doors open to a stone foyer with a wall of glass.
    Dallas News, 20 June 2021
  • Nate wasn’t very verbose about what had gone on in the foyer.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022
  • All units have an entrance that opens to a foyer on the first floor.
    Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a double-height foyer that leads to the home’s main floor.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But with so many shoes at the front door, the foyer can look a bit chaotic.
    Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In the church foyer, the medics poured milk on their eyes to stop the burning.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • The foyer was lit but the rest of the living room behind him was dark.
    Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The crowd had gathered in the foyer to hear the sculptor give his speech.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The music room welcomes at the front of the house, just off the foyer.
    Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Take the foyer, dressed with a display case of four kinds of injera crisps.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 June 2020
  • The foyer has black-and-white marble floors and arched doorways.
    Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • My husband was just murdered in the foyer of our house, which is now a crime scene.
    NBC news, 6 July 2025
  • Clarkson’s body was sprawled in a chair in the foyer, her purse on her shoulder.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The half bath and a laundry room with a sink are tucked next to the door to the garage off the foyer.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Down in the foyer – her mother’s dropping her off.
    Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Cherry blossoms great guests at the front foyer.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a roomy bath off the foyer, and one of the two bedrooms has a walk-in closet.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The final key room on the main level is an office off the foyer.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
  • The foyer is often a small space, so a hall tree can be overbearing.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • The foyer is often a small space, so a hall tree can be overbearing.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • My mother crossed the foyer toward me.
    Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • One of those logs, sliced in half, was turned into a bench, now in the house’s central foyer.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This fun face is the perfect way to welcome guests in the foyer or living room.
    Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2021
  • On my way back to the lobby, I got lost in a foyer full of round tables.
    Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Another might tuck it neatly in the foyer to catch the day’s mail and sets of keys.
    Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The subject was the pretext, the intro, the foyer to a whole house.
    New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Six shell casings total were found in the foyer of his building.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The foyer is anchored by a staircase with a custom iron rail that leads to the third floor.
    Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2021

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