a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building
bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room
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Recent Examples of garretBalzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan
As anyone who has spent time living in a Parisian garret will tell you, the romantic notion of it dies pretty quickly, especially during a sweltering summer or a teeth-chattering winter.—Tobias Grey, airmail.news, 13 July 2024 The whole thing felt like my own private Parisian garret, with every nook and cranny carefully appointed.—Vogue, 8 July 2024 Instead, the second-wittiest joke of Coup de Chance is Alain seducing Fanny in his struggling-artist garret.—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024 For all those years her room was part of the architecture and geography of my being: a small attic with a garret window, poorly lit, hot in the summer.—Édouard Louis, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for garret
The structure combines polymers with different shrinkage and luster properties, producing a soft loft and diffuse reflection intended to mimic the sheen of rayon or silk.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
Purchased in 1994 by the son of the president, the two-bedroom loft was nestled in the heart of Tribeca, which is today one of Manhattan's most expensive neighborhoods.
Call An Expert Hire a professional pest control company to perform annual inspections on your entire house from the ground up to the roofline, including the attic.
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Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
Davis lost nearly all of her possessions in the fire that spread to the attic, with video footage showing flames shoot out from the building’s roof.