How to Use aerie in a Sentence

aerie

noun
  • The 14th-floor aerie was ringed by wide windows and looked out on a clear but chilly day.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But on the inside, their aerie is a pristine backdrop for work and play.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The 2,973-square-foot aerie comprises two bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The groups are known as a convocation, an aerie, even a congress.
    Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Some stylish aeries come with skylights, TV and compostable toilets.
    Wsj Real Estate, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • The serene mountain aerie 90 miles north of Edo was renowned for its scenery and ornate Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples.
    Hiroshi Okamoto, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2020
  • In his aerie on the corniche, Mubarak denied culture-washing.
    John Arlidge, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
  • As far as they’re concerned, it’s turned out to be the perfect aerie for holing up during the pandemic.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The lawyer slumped, defeated, and set himself to the final assault on Angel's aerie.
    Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
  • The ceilings of the two bedrooms on the top floor were bumped up into a loft space, turning what was a cheek-by-jowl set of rooms into a restful aerie.
    Jo Rodgers, ELLE Decor, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The summit is a football-field-size aerie, and at 300 feet straight down, the rappel off the top is one of the most exhilarating you’ll encounter in the region.
    Outside Online, 3 Feb. 2019
  • One of Lawrence’s favorite pieces in this aerie is a charcoal drawing hung above a textured credenza from Burke Decor.
    Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2022
  • While staying in Frank’s aerie in Chicago, the eight-year-old Kirsten directs the brothers in a reënactment of a scene from her comic book.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
  • His point of view from this splendid aerie reminds us all how vastly the American vision has expanded since the glum ’70s.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The hotel, which is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and sits up on a hill above the harbor, feels like a leafy aerie; near the buzz of town, but still a proper retreat.
    Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2019
  • From his glass aerie, Statter surveys the roads below: Zeus without a lightning bolt but with social media.
    Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The spacious aerie has been on and off the market for several years; despite its significant time spent on the market, the $35 million price tag remains the same.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To that end, the Millers steadfastly have avoided using their aerie and its sweeping view of Napa Valley for weddings, carnivals and the like.
    Mike Dunne, sacbee, 14 Aug. 2017
  • In theory, such accessible distances should yield a flock of birdies and perhaps even an aerie of eagles.
    D.r., The Economist, 13 June 2019
  • These aeries are all about privacy, comfort, luxury, and, yes, those jaw-dropping views.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For Trump, the elevation may provide a homesick New Yorker a reminder of his old aerie in Manhattan.
    Allie Malloy, CNN, 13 July 2017
  • Hidden in the corridors of this granite aerie are portraits of nearly 50 former mayors.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021
  • Once there, visitors may opt for rustic relaxation on a clifftop aerie, from which to take in the unfathomable Aegean after sunrise and a canopy of stars after sunset.
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The region’s reputation as an aerie of Range Rovers, seersucker and privilege is on point, but that doesn’t capture its serene beauty.
    Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • Shetty did not grow up in poverty, but his terraced house in suburban London looked nothing like his modernist aerie or this Cape Cod-style mansion.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • This was a roofed aerie atop the second deck that curled around the corner of the stadium where home plate stood in the summertime, a reminder that Briggs Stadium was built for baseball, not football — for Tigers, not Lions.
    Bill Morris, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
  • There were 20 dark blue boxes there in an otherwise clutter-free aerie given over to Modernist furniture, coffee table books and art.
    Joshua David Stein, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Up in the rarefied aerie of the 102nd floor observatory, new floor-to-ceiling windows reveal the panorama of the possibilities below.
    James Panero, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Soon the demands of the looming show draw us from this cozy aerie to the fitting room, where some 60 Gucci design assistants—poster children for Michele’s eclectic-looking assemblages of pan-decade garments—have been waiting.
    Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2019
  • But Rowan preferred his relatively spartan digs to Black’s sumptuous aerie.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023

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