How to Use duplex in a Sentence

duplex

1 of 2 adjective

• There, the brother found the duplex door unlocked and ajar.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• The duplex unit was on the second and third floors of the building, according to Mr. Nigro.
  — James Fanelli, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
• One of the penthouses, a duplex unit listed for $9.6 million, sits atop the tallest stack.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2021
• The fire was sparked in a duplex unit on the second and third floors when a space heater malfunctioned and lit, Nigro said.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
• Each penthouse will be a duplex unit with a private rooftop, where there will be a summer kitchen and pool.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 June 2022
• St, before putting the duplex penthouse condo on the market in 2017.
  — Fox News, 26 June 2020
• While investigating the case, authorities found the body of a man dead in the duplex unit next door, where the girl lived.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2021
• Meanwhile, the owners of the top two floors in the Palmolive have had that duplex penthouse on the market since last year for $11.9 million.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Lodging options range from rustic log cabins amid the trees to duplex-style rooms.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
• There could be a duplex caretaker apartment on the upper floor.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• The incident happened at a duplex-type apartment complex in the 8100 block of Bangle Street.
  — Shacamree Gowdy, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2020
• The couple shares a duplex entryway with Yow and her husband, and soon, William developed a cough.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2021
• This is why setting up a standard variable-power scope that has a duplex cross-hair reticle with a point-blank zero (PBZ) is a smart choice.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2020
• That building subsequently was renovated and now has had two duplex units carved out of it, and is on the market for $8.45 million.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Hines lived in one of the duplex apartments while Mays, a former Little Rock resident, was visiting at the second apartment.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2021
• But for sportsmen willing to look beyond basic duplex crosshairs, there’s an amazing world of capable scopes for the choosing.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 21 Dec. 2020
• Many of those who died or were rushed to the hospital were overcome by the smoke generated when a fire broke out in a duplex unit that spanned the 19-story apartment building's second and third floors.
  — Kelly McCleary and Amir Vera, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
• The intense fire started Wednesday morning on the second floor of the building in a duplex unit, and all fatalities occurred in the same unit, city officials said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2022
• One of the duplex unit’s most spectacular design elements is right in the entryway: a 45-foot-tall wall of Verdi Alpi marble.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2021
• Also, if the new home — a duplex or single-family home — is within a half-mile of public transit, no street parking is not required.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021
• Installing theOUTlet is just as easy as installing any other duplex wall box.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 17 June 2021
• Full duplex printers can automatically print to both sides of a page.
  — Dave Johnson, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Authorities determined that the fire started after an electric space heater sparked in a duplex unit.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2022
• The new bill allows for more housing density by permitting two units—duplex-style builds, for example—per parcel of land.
  — Camille Squires, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
• Once combined, the duplex penthouse will comprise about 6,100 interior square feet.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2022
• As of a few weeks ago, however, nearly five years after Habitat for Humanity broke ground on the project, only four duplex-style homes are completed.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2021
• Highlights for the new Norwegian Prima, the first in a new class of ships for the line, will include a duplex theater with seats that fold down to create space for a massive nightclub and several new dining concepts with rotating menus.
  — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
• Opening for the summer season on July 1st, the hotel now houses 103 rooms and suites, which all come with private terraces, along with two signature suites and a duplex villa featuring private pool.
  — Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• Lake Zurich trustees approved annexation and development agreements that will bring 24 duplex homes in 12 buildings on Signal Hill Road.
  — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• An occupant discovered the fire, which originated from smoking material which had been improperly disposed of on the front porch of the duplex-style home.
  — Callan Tansill-Suddath, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2021

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duplex

2 of 2 noun

• We live in the brick duplex.
• In these cases, each owner owns part of the duplex, not the whole thing.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022
• Firefighters have put out the fire at the 200sqft duplex.
  — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
• The call had come in just after 3 a.m. from a duplex in the heart of Decatur, Illinois.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• The blaze displaced a family who lived in the other half of the duplex.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2023
• The former host of The View, 61, has listed the stunning duplex for $8.3 million.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• One suite is a large, duplex that once served as the private apartment of the prison warden.
  — Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• In walked his mother, Liz, who’d chosen the pale green paint on his duplex walls.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• But what does life inside the $33 million duplex look like?
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2022
• Ezell starts with a two-story duplex painted shades of light blue.
  — Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2024
• Crispy white walls, clean lines, and high ceilings make this duplex penthouse feel like a villa in the sky.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
• Fire crews arrived shortly after and vented the duplex through the roof.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
• Some renters may not want to buy but still want to live in a single-family home or duplex.
  — Mike Gousha and John Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
• The glass staircase from the main foyer leads into the master office that sits in the owner’s duplex suite.
  — Gemma Harris, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
• Another person at the duplex told police that a lot of people used drugs at the site.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Smith's family lived in the bottom unit of the duplex, and Kaylor's family lived in the top unit.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2023
• Its scale is epic, a vast duplex with a wood-burning oven in Greenwich Village.
  — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022
• Mooney lived with his wife in a duplex in Spanish Fork, forty-five minutes south of Linda’s.
  — Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
• During the fire, all of the residents in the duplex, including a two-year-old child, were able to exit the building.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
• From there, her search began, and Ramsey was keen on buying a duplex.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 15 May 2023
• City fire crews were called to the single-story duplex around 7 a.m. Saturday and the blaze was quickly put out.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Bradford and her then-husband, Clint Taylor, sped to the duplex, through red lights, in less than two minutes.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• In the days that followed, more than 100 packages arrived at the duplex, and everything on the wish list was purchased.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• The crashed sent a closet door flying off the wall and onto Ingram, who had lived in the duplex for the past year with his daughter, Yonila, 16.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
• Condé Nast built one of the first at 1040 Park Avenue, a duplex that had multiple salons and a ballroom.
  — Define ‘penthouse’, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2023
• Then on June 18, just a few days later, Kaylor could be seen looking around the duplex not long before the shooting.
  — Emma Epperly, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
• There's some duplexes on Park Avenue that have Rothkos.
  — Andrew Zucker, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
• Ferguson’s car was found in the parking lot of Kelley’s duplex.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Essentially a duplex, the unit is two floors and two villas in one—with 3 bedrooms.
  — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
• In Wall's case, a teacher housing nonprofit stepped in, renting him a unit in a duplex built for teachers.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024