Examples of country house in a Sentence
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Instead, the residence embodies classic English country house aesthetics, with its large sash windows, classical fireplaces, and stately columns, all in concert with modern creature comfort.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Exasperated by his country’s divisive struggles to establish the rule of law and resist the temptations of strongman leadership, the lawyer displays a portrait of Vaclav Havel, an icon of democratic idealism, on the wall of his country house in western Slovakia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 19 May 2024
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
In its first incarnation, the building was a coach house and stables built by John Nash—the architect to King George IV—intended to bunk the grooms and animals serving the Italianate country house, Sandridge Park, next door.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Housed between an airy, floor-to-ceiling Library in his Gianni Botsford designed West London home, and his 18th Century country house in Sussex, these town and country libraries contrast with each other.
—Grace Banks, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Known as Hales Hall Lane, the charming country house is the surviving wing of a massive Tudor house built in 1478 by Sir James Hobart, the attorney general to King Henry VII.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The first voice in the book belongs to Nina Fraser, 20 years old and spending the weekend with her controlling boyfriend, Simon Jordan, at his parents’ secluded Vermont country house.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The year is 1957, and the setting is a tranquil country house, where Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver), the founder of the company that bears his name, awakes beside his beloved.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Exasperated by his country’s divisive struggles to establish the rule of law and resist the temptations of strongman leadership, the lawyer displays a portrait of Vaclav Havel, an icon of democratic idealism, on the wall of his country house in western Slovakia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 19 May 2024
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
In its first incarnation, the building was a coach house and stables built by John Nash—the architect to King George IV—intended to bunk the grooms and animals serving the Italianate country house, Sandridge Park, next door.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Housed between an airy, floor-to-ceiling Library in his Gianni Botsford designed West London home, and his 18th Century country house in Sussex, these town and country libraries contrast with each other.
—Grace Banks, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Known as Hales Hall Lane, the charming country house is the surviving wing of a massive Tudor house built in 1478 by Sir James Hobart, the attorney general to King Henry VII.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The first voice in the book belongs to Nina Fraser, 20 years old and spending the weekend with her controlling boyfriend, Simon Jordan, at his parents’ secluded Vermont country house.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The year is 1957, and the setting is a tranquil country house, where Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver), the founder of the company that bears his name, awakes beside his beloved.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20house. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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