How to Use guardhouse in a Sentence

guardhouse

noun
  • The guard was sound asleep when Tip arrived at the guardhouse.
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2018
  • An apartment, guardhouse, pool and garage are included, all of which not in the best of shape.
    The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 31 July 2017
  • Thick wooden gates open to a winding drive that passes by a stone guardhouse and over a bridge to reach the 1936-built house.
    Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 26 May 2018
  • At the time, the defendant was in a guardhouse next to the inner gate, witnesses said.
    Reem Saad, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2017
  • His residence inside the golf course is nearly a mile away from the main road, the turnoff of which is blocked by a guardhouse.
    Barbara Demick, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
  • To stretch the metaphor once again, forget the guardhouse, the guards, the crown jewels and The Tower of London altogether.
    David Benjamin and David Komlos, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Here’s the drill: Sentinel cells, the guys at the guardhouse, alert your immune system when invaders appear.
    Houston Chronicle, 13 May 2018
  • The guardhouse has windows in which to see from every angle and its original paint.
    oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Two new guardhouses have been just put up on the Obama’s rented Tudor style house.
    Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 23 Jan. 2017
  • The festival hub was a pale yellow structure, built in 1820 as a guardhouse, which stands across from the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
    Lucas Peterson, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2016
  • His new place accounts for three of those acres and features a single-story main house, a three-story guesthouse and a guardhouse.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Feeling confident that the guardhouse had been built by the guru’s followers prompted French to list it for sale.
    oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • And a new guardhouse with license plate readers that record how many trips shuttle and limo vendors make to the center will be constructed.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2020
  • At the end of the drive, not far past the spot where a historical marker stands today, was once a guardhouse where armed men kept curious visitors at bay.
    cincinnati.com, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The Main Post’s former guardhouse reopened in 2017 as the Presidio’s visitor center.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2017
  • The perimeter is marked by a stone fence and guardhouse where drivers on Sunday stopped to have their temperatures checked before entry.
    USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across the street from the French embassy, showed the gunman inside the guardhouse.
    Reuters, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Other highlights of the find, according to the Post, include a storehouse or guardhouse’s brick cellar, a trigger guard for a musket, and a 4,500-year-old quartzite arrowhead.
    Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The guardhouse and parking for up to five vehicles could be enticing for their security team.
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Watson allegedly made a U-turn and began firing a gun at the group, prompting them to seek shelter in the bulletproof guardhouse, the victims reported.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2021
  • All that remains of Samobor Castle’s original 13th-century structure are the ruins of the fortress’ guardhouse.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Upon his eventual surrender, he was brought here and imprisoned in a guardhouse.
    Dallas News, 4 May 2020
  • Security at the property is tight, and those working at the guardhouse reportedly know each member by sight.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The estate also includes a caretaker’s house, a two-bedroom guardhouse, garages for 10 cars and additional parking around the property for more than 80 cars, the spokeswoman said.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 12 June 2018
  • In addition to space for trucks to dock and unload, plans call for a guardhouse, office space, fueling station, a maintenance shop and nearly 2,200 parking spaces.
    Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • After parachuting in, they were met at the guardhouse by bayonet-wielding Japanese soldiers who attempted to take them prisoner.
    Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Archaeologists have uncovered barracks and a guardhouse, as well as objects such as pins, buttons, broken ceramic pipes, grommets and coins, according to officials.
    Fox News, 7 June 2019

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