manor house

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Recent Examples of manor house Le Coual is a 16th-century stone manor house in southwestern France that has been in her family for over 50 years. Jessica Booth, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house. Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025 Vance and his family—including his wife, Usha, 39, and children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3—pitched up this week at a manor house in the Cotswolds with a full entourage. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 Indeed, drive down it, and the first notable sight is a grand old manor house — Salisbury Hall, built in the 16th century and once home to Winston Churchill’s mother — that usually oversees some kind of agricultural outpost. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for manor house
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Noun
  • The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Without establishing time or geographic setting, the film follows Cecile (Mallori Johnson), a young woman from the Congo who flees war in her home country and arrives as a refugee taken in by a white family who live in a strange big mansion.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Set in a luxurious, remote country manor, director Ché Baker’s film stars Kiran Shah (The Hobbit trilogy).
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In the hands of a lesser author these metaphorical rooms would be on opposite sides of the manor.
    Eric Olson September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the early ‘90s, at the height of his success, the blockbuster king bought an incredible Neoclassical-style villa on Biscayne Bay, near Vizcaya.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This historic, Art Nouveau villa overlooks Lake Maggiore in the village of San Nazzaro.
    Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.
    Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Then, the long days slow the pace during summer as ships drift past vineyards and hillside castles.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The difference is slightly more noticeable with details in the background of an image than with details in the foreground, as visible in the Lego castle surrounding Lego Mario.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cooke’s granddaughter, Nicole Cooke-Johnson, saw the project as both deeply personal and part of her ongoing work as the head of his estate.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Spanning 8,847 square feet, the estate offers five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a flowing open layout.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The couple cited the unbearable intrusions of the British press and a lack of support from the palace as their reasons for leaving.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • More than 20 restaurants and food purveyors are offering deals or special dishes — from casual eateries to upscale dining palaces.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • New housing providers in limbo For a decade or more, the Stronger Sober House on Farrington Street has offered a halfway house environment for 11 men on the road to recovery from addiction.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Of those, 71 made it into permanent housing.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025

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