How to Use attic in a Sentence

attic

noun

• The wind pushed rain into the attic, which caused brown sludgy water to drip from the ceiling throughout the house.
  — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
• The boxes of slides were left in the attic of a Duluth home where Pitera once lived.
  — Wayne Ford, ajc, 11 Sep. 2021
• The flames blazed from the shed, toward the home, eventually eating away at the attic and into the roof.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Vonnegut's love letters: 226 letters were found in an attic.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
• The senior Koch guided his son to the attic, where there was a trunk covered in stacks of old car magazines.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2021
• Wilford remained in the apartment and made his way up to the building's attic and refused to leave, according to police.
  — Steven Hernandez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
• Even better for Whitcomb, the attic was full of historical treasures.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2021
• The Smithsonian now has, and always had, the feel of a packed, eclectic, national attic.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2021
• Originally meant to be a bedroom, the attic features white walls, carpeted floors, and a window to let in natural light.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
• The third floor attic has additional bedrooms and bathrooms, a media room/den, a laundry room and storage for a total of seven bedrooms and six bathrooms.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Early in the night, the 58-year-old McCusker said, a window in the attic blew out, setting off a damaging series of events.
  — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021
• If given the opportunity, these bugs will squeeze into houses, attics and other structures looking for a place to shelter from the cold, says Bertone.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
• Its ingredients are a boxful of old letters stored in the attic of his house by a bookish and kindly uncle, his sudden death, and a niece who inherits the epistolary bounty.
  — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• The fire was in the attic and in the back of the house, Metcalf said.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
• If there was a grease fire in the kitchen, check the attic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• Due to the amount of fire, the flames quickly reached the attic.
  — Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• At night, check in the attic to see where light shines through.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
• The house is about 1,200 square feet and has one floor with an attic.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• Smoke was coming from the roof and flames through the attic.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• The woman found food in the attic, as well as urine in a cup.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2022
• The rear porches were involved and the fire reached up to the attic.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
• The children slept in a room in the attic, in eight small beds lined up in a row.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023
• And what is that skin found in the attic of Lucas’ house?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2021
• Some remnants of the tower—like the top finial—can now be seen in the attic of the home.
  — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2024
• The fire progressed through the wall and reached the attic, Hanania said.
  — Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• So, clear out your shelves and pull out your dusty old records from the attic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• His first job was to run the ductwork in the attic and cut vent holes in the ceilings.
  — Tik Root, Grist, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• Inside the five-room frame home, a stairway leads from the kitchen to the attic.
  — [e-mail], Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022
• The fire had spread from the garage to the house's attic, but firefighters were able to get the fire under control about 30 minutes after arriving.
  — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
• Perkins wrote and directed the adaptation, which stars Theo James as twins Bill and Hal who discover their dad’s monkey toy in the attic.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024