How to Use cottage in a Sentence

cottage

noun
  • She owns a cottage at the beach.
  • We rented a cottage for the weekend.
  • Things to do: Spend the night in a Crystal Pier cottage.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The cottage also comes with a ladder and a loft to create a cozy sleeping area.
    Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Those cottages are right on Nojoqui Avenue, a block-and-a-half from the main drag of Los Olivos.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • In addition to the main digs, the spread includes four cottages, an indoor pool, and a large pond.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • From their first glimpse of it, Sean and Amy Whyte felt a magnetic pull to the little cottage in the mountains.
    Shaila Wunderlich, Country Living, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Charles has been inside his home, a snug stone cottage on a narrow lane.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • Pastel green base cabinets balance the wall-to-wall tile and ground the airy cottage kitchen.
    Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
  • But as the artist’s magic cottage faded behind us, I was hit with my own grief.
    Sarah Herrington, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Along the way, peep streets lined with white clapboard cottages with shutters in tell-tale shades of pastel.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • For a home away from home, book a few nights in one of its beautiful lakefront cottages.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
  • To this day, many of the town’s cottages are owned by descendants of the resort’s original denizens.
    Cj Blair, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • The two-bedroom cottage has enough space for six guests, with two bedrooms, three beds, and two bathrooms.
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Moreover, there's a guest cottage on the property that is 1,140 square feet.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The chair is by the architect and artist Emily Muir, who also designed the whole cottage.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 May 2023
  • Call this number, read the sign outside an overgrown cottage close to home.
    Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024
  • The jet ski is owned by the owners of the cottage that the families were visiting, police said.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
  • The islands boasted their own lighthouse and pub as well as a handful of cottages.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • Trump joked that be planned to take some Cheerios back to his cottage at Bedminster.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • So, if your bedroom already leans a little French country or English cottage, there are simple ways to bring it up-to-date with a contemporary flair.
    Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024

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