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as in lobby
a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior
theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission
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Recent Examples of foyer
The open interior includes an entrance foyer, kitchen island, walk-in pantry and closets, and stairs to a walk-in attic.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
With this in mind, North created a barrel moment in the foyer with two hidden doors.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Evoking divinity and a potential abode for the kami, or sacred spirits, the colossal site-specific work spans 797 square feet across two walls in the foyer leading to The Shinto Shrine, enshrining the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, the Japanese sun goddess and a central deity in Shinto mythology.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The smell of the foyer; the strangely elegant end table propping open the fourth-floor fire door; the weed musk of the stairwell; the bass thumping from neighboring apartments.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
With this in mind, North created a barrel moment in the foyer with two hidden doors.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Evoking divinity and a potential abode for the kami, or sacred spirits, the colossal site-specific work spans 797 square feet across two walls in the foyer leading to The Shinto Shrine, enshrining the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, the Japanese sun goddess and a central deity in Shinto mythology.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The smell of the foyer; the strangely elegant end table propping open the fourth-floor fire door; the weed musk of the stairwell; the bass thumping from neighboring apartments.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foyer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foyer
Noun
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The restaurant has the option to use the lobby for seating, increasing its capacity.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cool off in the rooftop pool or catch live jazz at The Boheme, the property’s lobby bar.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Six federal officers were in the hallway waiting to arrest him on an immigration warrant.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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There’s one shot of the hallway that shows the Kings live at Penthouse B — the second-best penthouse.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Foyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foyer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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