hayloft

as in attic

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Recent Examples of hayloft Hemingway wrote in what had been the hayloft. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021 In the hayloft, however, that’s not the case. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2023 The crimes, once dismissed as figments of female imagination or attributed to demons, have finally resulted in arrests, and with only 24 hours to spare while the men are away posting bail, 11 women gather in a hayloft to debate and determine nothing less than their collective futures. Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022 Like the novel, much of Polley’s adaptation unfolds in the hayloft, as actors including Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Judith Ivey play Mennonite women debating and discussing their options, and Ben Whishaw plays a colony man taking the minutes of the meeting. Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for hayloft 
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Noun
  • Daniel Pierce, a 42-year-old professional property inspector in Phoenix, Arizona, was walking around an attic of a single-story property in the city.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • No more dragging the reindeer down from the attic, cursing as hooves knock you on the noggin, a new piece missing each year.
    Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In a loft at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, floor-to-ceiling windows offer a panoramic view of the shipping channel into the busy port of Savannah.
    Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Super-fans can now stay overnight in an upstairs or downstairs suite in the Bumpus house and a loft in Ralphie’s house.
    Annie Zaleski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The whole thing felt like my own private Parisian garret, with every nook and cranny carefully appointed.
    Vogue, Vogue, 8 July 2024
  • The greatest and most talented Western inventors and scholars are those who for long years live a hard life sitting in a garret and discover something.
    Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013

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“Hayloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hayloft. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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