How to Use cottage in a Sentence

cottage

noun
  • She owns a cottage at the beach.
  • We rented a cottage for the weekend.
  • Things to do: Spend the night in a Crystal Pier cottage.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • For more about tours and the history of the cottage, see sethpeterson.org.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, every room in the hotel and all the cottages are taken.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • The cottages are first come, first serve, so book well in advance.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The cottages, which sit atop a large stretch of the pier and are rented out year-round, remained open.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Across the yard from the main house is a small cottage that’s about 90 percent windows.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Plus, there’s a one-bedroom guest cottage and a six-car garage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Can Miles compose movie scores in a small cottage across the Atlantic?
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And when Rose makes a shocking request of the couple, the tension in the cottage soars.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Boxes and posters meant to transform the entire cottage are strewn on the ground.
    Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The cottage is in the village of Fonmon, around 16 miles from Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
    Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2023
  • By dawn several dozen men regrouped by some cottages on the edge of the city.
    Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Most notably, the unit is topped with a Cape Cod-style shingled cottage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The cottage may be the only structure in Glencoe with Booth’s name on it.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Two cottages, bright blue and muted mauve, sit side by side.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The cottages, spaced out enough to give the idea of privacy, sit near a lake that glistens during the day.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
  • One day, a breeze blows through his cottage and the pages of his book are — sigh — swept into a nearby lake.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The cottage also comes with a ladder and a loft to create a cozy sleeping area.
    Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Those cottages are right on Nojoqui Avenue, a block-and-a-half from the main drag of Los Olivos.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • In addition to the main digs, the spread includes four cottages, an indoor pool, and a large pond.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • From their first glimpse of it, Sean and Amy Whyte felt a magnetic pull to the little cottage in the mountains.
    Shaila Wunderlich, Country Living, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The guest cottage features a brick patio, two guest suites, and a balcony.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Charles has been inside his home, a snug stone cottage on a narrow lane.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • Pastel green base cabinets balance the wall-to-wall tile and ground the airy cottage kitchen.
    Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
  • On our final morning, a gusty storm blows through and sheets of rain press against the cottage windows.
    Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But as the artist’s magic cottage faded behind us, I was hit with my own grief.
    Sarah Herrington, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Along the way, peep streets lined with white clapboard cottages with shutters in tell-tale shades of pastel.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • This smells like: Baking a pie in a cottage surrounded by autumn trees, with the windows left open and woodfire smoke drifting in.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024

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