How to Use outbuilding in a Sentence

outbuilding

noun

• Records show four outbuildings and a barn on the site, and that the farmhouse was built in 1867.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• The kitchen is in an outbuilding, just behind the main house.
  — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• There is a two-car garage and a fenced yard plus a hot tub and an outbuilding.
  — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2021
• In the place where the new pavilion now stands, there used to be an old outbuilding.
  — Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2019
• The outbuildings are sound and in no danger at present.
  — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Nov. 2019
• There is a gazebo, two barns, a horse shed and many outbuildings.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 June 2018
• The tours will feature the stable as the soon-to-be Heritage Center, the Red Barn and outbuildings.
  — courant.com, 3 July 2019
• Lock your vehicles and take the keys, as well as lock your garage and outbuildings.
  — cleveland, 18 Apr. 2020
• Some of the outbuildings were built from scratch — drawing down the stockpile of redwood.
  — Andrea Galyean, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
• And to the north, a sagging wooden house and two outbuildings occupied the edge of an old farm.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
• By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had consumed the house and spread to a pine tree and an outbuilding, Shoots said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
• The two shed roofs and black-and-red color scheme echo the existing outbuildings.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
• One home lost a garage and an outbuilding, the weather service said, and a few dozen trees were toppled or snapped by the storm.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Dec. 2019
• The wildfire burned through 13 homes and eight outbuildings in the Panguitch Lake area.
  — USA TODAY, 26 June 2017
• Many are passing the idle time doing odd jobs around their homes, yards and outbuildings.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2020
• No residences have been lost to the Ute Park Fire, but 14 Philmont outbuildings burned late last week.
  — Jamiel Lynch and Phil Gast, CNN, 4 June 2018
• Some outbuildings would be torn down, but the enclosed mall and movie theater on the 43-acre site would remain.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, latimes.com, 27 June 2018
• The girl was found in what was described as an outbuilding that was locked from the outside, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2023
• One outbuilding was lost to the fire, the Thursday evening update confirmed.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• Instead we were assigned to an outbuilding: the Swine Barn.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2017
• The grounds, with barn and outbuildings, also include a brook and gardens.
  — Courant Community, 11 July 2017
• Ben toured me around the grounds, the few outbuildings that surrounded the cabin like satellites.
  — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
• The shot, which was fired from about three feet, away grazed the teen’s chest, went through the wall of the mobile home and into an outbuilding, officials said.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 24 Oct. 2017
• Flat land allows for a sports court, pool, grass field and outbuilding, says Hasson.
  — oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
• Plans are in the works for improvements to the outbuildings, plus more landscaping.
  — Laurencia Ciprus, courant.com, 18 May 2018
• The outbuildings could be used for studio space or classes.
  — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 3 Feb. 2018
• Police found the victim in an outbuilding behind the house.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• In one shabby outbuilding, alongside vats of oil and parts of a tractor, craggy wheels of hard Old Ford cheese aged in the cool, damp shade.
  — Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2020
• The fire was fully contained in less than five hours, but not before the flames charred 1,150 acres and destroyed eight buildings — including at least four homes and three outbuildings — Brown said.
  — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
• About 30 people were evacuated from the area, and one home and one outbuilding were destroyed, according to the news release.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024