How to Use gated in a Sentence

gated

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  • The lot has grassy yards, garden beds, a fountain, and a gated garage.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The six-bedroom dwelling spans 8,300 square feet and rests at the end of a cul-de-sac in a gated neighborhood.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024
  • Since the 2013 blaze, the camp has remained mostly vacant and gated.
    J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Aug. 2017
  • Walled and gated, the 92-year-old home has been updated over the years but still sticks close to its Spanish roots.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The gated gearbox is a novelty feature that takes a while to get used to.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • On the market for a hefty $45 million, the gated compound comes with three residences for the price of one.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In most cases, motorists sought to beat the trains at gated crossings.
    David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • A gated swimming pool sits just off the driveway leading to the apartments.
    Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • More than a half dozen cars lined the street in the quiet gated subdivision.
    Christine MacDonald, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
  • The gated and spacious home is equally as impressive as the grounds.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Today Lai lives in a white, gated house in an upmarket nook of Kowloon.
    Jenni Marsh, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Built in 1932, the two-story home is fronted by a lush, gated courtyard with a fountain.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But the fact remains that those outside the gated wonderland are shut out.
    Kushanava Choudhury, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
  • The site is less than a 10-minute drive from Rodeo Drive and has city, ocean and mountain views and two separate gated entrances.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 10 July 2018
  • Drees is nearing closeout in its final phase in the gated section of The Preserve at Stoney Creek.
    Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The one-story home sits on a little over three-quarters of an acre and is approached by a long, gated driveway.
    Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Her remains are now in a gated mausoleum room called the Judy Garland Pavilion, where there is space for the rest of the family.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
  • The private, gated estate spans two acres on a double lot and opens to a flat backyard overlooking the city.
    Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • The guest house is fully self-contained with its own gated driveway and parking area.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The gated split-level home, in the Riverland neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, was built in 1964 and has four bedrooms and five baths.
    Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • It was stolen under cover of darkness from a gated porch of her North Park apartment.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • However, not everyone thinks the trend for gated suites is a good idea.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The home is located on the gated grounds of Windsor Castle on the Frogmore estate.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Allowed to roam free within a gated area, the goats were making quick work of the hill’s brown grass, its overgrown weeds, its draping vines.
    Caille Millner, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2019
  • The four-bed, six-bath home is super-private, set back behind a long, gated rock driveway.
    Trulia, Teen Vogue, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Police inside of the gated alleyway used bins to block the body from the view of the public as residents and tourists passed by the scene in the afternoon.
    Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
  • The compound, reached by a long, gated driveway, sits on a three-plus-acre bluff overlooking the ocean and was once owned by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
    Neal J. Leitereg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The 66-year-old boss has two homes—one on a lake in New Hampshire, and one in a gated community in South Carolina.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This lush estate is set back from the street behind a gated brick wall and decorative iron gates.
    Jada Jackson, House Beautiful, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Fairlane Woods is a gated community across from Fairlane Town Center.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024

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