How to Use brownstone in a Sentence

brownstone

noun

• She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
• The sweeping oak staircase is the cherry on top for anyone used to (and resentful of) typical cramped, centuries-old brownstone staircases.
  — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2024
• Black love and thoughtful design are at the heart of Skylar and Temi's maximalist Brooklyn brownstone.
  — Essence, 11 Sep. 2024
• Built in 2018, the brownstone has five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2020
• Some of the best parties on the course happen on the stoops of brownstones along Lafayette Avenue.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• That night, Bobby goes to Wendy and Chuck’s brownstone.
  — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
• Rob Gore stands in the doorway of his Brooklyn brownstone.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 25 Apr. 2020
• The set of the family’s brownstone apartment helped with that.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Oct. 2022
• His office was in a brownstone, three blocks up from my apartment, on the second floor in the back.
  — Donald Antrim, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
• Jesse Jackson sat on what looked like a brownstone stoop.
  — Janell Ross, Time, 18 July 2023
• The same is true of the humble brownstone owned by Agnes van Rhijn and her sister Ada Brook across the street.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• That apartment happens to be at the top of four floors of winding stairs in a Park Slope brownstone.
  — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
• Join her for tea at her Sugar Hill brownstone for more dish.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2017
• We were given free housing and lived on the top two floors of a brownstone at 209 Madison.
  — Abby Ellin, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• The living room of the Greenwich Village brownstone fell silent.
  — Kara Voght, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
• All of the houses had been built during the final third of the last century, and were of brick or brownstone.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2017
• Tourists with rolling bags swept in and out of the huge brownstone mansion next door that has become a bustling bed-and-breakfast.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2019
• That year Santa brought us a miniature brownstone, tea shop and cafe.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
• There are $4 million brownstones across the street from housing projects.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2018
• The house, with four stories plus a basement, was built on the site of an older brownstone building in 1909.
  — Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
• But their new home isn’t in a Back Bay brownstone, South End condo, or downtown high-rise.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 6 Nov. 2019
• Get to know the city’s many vibrant neighborhoods, from the lively streets of the East Village to the classic brownstones of Chelsea.
  — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• But for a job at a brownstone or townhome, the process can be a little different.
  — Charles Passy, WSJ, 9 May 2021
• Despite the updates, the brownstone still retains its roots.
  — Shoko Wanger, House Beautiful, 18 Mar. 2019
• Sai lives in Brooklyn in a beautiful brownstone with Craig, Scout, and Rio.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 18 July 2023
• The Luhrmann’s have actually been working on the Stuyvesant Park brownstone for quite some time.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
• Barker says the client originally fell in love with the ceilings of the brownstone, but a lot of work was needed.
  — Wendy Goodman, The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
• The tour culminates in a photo op in front of the Perry Street brownstone where Carrie lived.
  — USA TODAY, 14 June 2018
• Shawn Mendes plays the voice of the urbane crocodile, who lives with a family in a New York City brownstone.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
• In many late-night gaming sessions in the depths of winter in a leaky old Boston brownstone, the Dell doubled as a space heater.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024