How to Use cottage in a Sentence

cottage

noun
  • She owns a cottage at the beach.
  • We rented a cottage for the weekend.
  • Across the yard from the main house is a small cottage that’s about 90 percent windows.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 9 Nov. 2022
  • And when Rose makes a shocking request of the couple, the tension in the cottage soars.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The rest of the housing will be cottage style structures with two to five apartments, front porches and attached garages.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Nov. 2022
  • For visiting friends and family, there’s a two-bedroom, one-bath guest cottage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The cottage fries are new to the menu; the pastrami is sourced from a different producer.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Marlene’s husband lived in a small cottage in Sylmar surrounded by olive trees, not far from our house.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The kit includes all of the necessities to create a cozy winter cottage that’s sure to add a touch of holiday spirit to your home.
    Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2022
  • On one of these lakes, at the end of a sandy path and behind a dense wall of pine, copper beech, and oak trees, a certain Dr. Funk built his small thatched cottage.
    Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2024
  • For guests, family or staff, the country spread also counts a three-bedroom cottage, a two-bedroom apartment, and a two-bed owner’s lodge as part of the package.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Some prisoners started cottage industries, making belt buckles, spoons, pins and other items, and selling them to locals.
    Mike Argento, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Another in this neighborhood is a cobblestone cottage built in 1910.
    Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Before playing the King on screen, Dominic West had met Charles on multiple occasions and even rented a cottage from him.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 16 Nov. 2022
  • There are pops of vibrant colors throughout the cottage, but the comparatively staid black-and-white tiled primary bathroom begged for something unexpected.
    Laura Lambert, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Along with her parents and her older brother, Lee would spend summers at the family cottage in Nova Scotia, which is where her creative life began.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • His old cottage-industry method of operating a self-publishing enterprise was labor intensive.
    Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Things to do: Spend the night in a Crystal Pier cottage.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • For more about tours and the history of the cottage, see sethpeterson.org.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, every room in the hotel and all the cottages are taken.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • The cottages, which sit atop a large stretch of the pier and are rented out year-round, remained open.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Plus, there’s a one-bedroom guest cottage and a six-car garage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Can Miles compose movie scores in a small cottage across the Atlantic?
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Boxes and posters meant to transform the entire cottage are strewn on the ground.
    Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The cottage is in the village of Fonmon, around 16 miles from Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
    Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2023
  • By dawn several dozen men regrouped by some cottages on the edge of the city.
    Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Most notably, the unit is topped with a Cape Cod-style shingled cottage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Two cottages, bright blue and muted mauve, sit side by side.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The cottages, spaced out enough to give the idea of privacy, sit near a lake that glistens during the day.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
  • One day, a breeze blows through his cottage and the pages of his book are — sigh — swept into a nearby lake.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023

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