How to Use vestibule in a Sentence

vestibule

noun
  • The gift card had been found in the vestibule of the store and turned in.
    Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2019
  • What is the photo on the wall of the people in the vestibule?
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2020
  • There is a main entrance vestibule for guests at the front of the school.
    Avalon R. Zoppo, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
  • Erik Scott said the blaze burned only the front portion of the church and a vestibule.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Renard’s work adorns three of the vestibule’s four walls.
    Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Thelma, 63, heard the gunshots and ran to the vestibule -- that's when the killer shot her once.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 20 July 2021
  • Simply stop in the vestibule off of the parish’s parking lot.
    cleveland, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The doorman looked out from the protection of the vestibule.
    David Rabe, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019
  • Activists camped out in the vestibule of the Fourth Police Precinct for days.
    New York Times, 3 July 2020
  • Will the front door open only to leave people stuck in the vestibule?
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
  • At least a few wept on their way in and, in the courtroom’s vestibule, on their way out.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2021
  • One side has a very small awning instead of a true vestibule.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Some of them clashed with police in a vestibule near the entrance.
    oregonlive, 27 July 2021
  • Simply stop by and drop your items off in the vestibule during the above times.
    cleveland, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The hood on my rain jacket flapped over my head like a loose tent vestibule.
    Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The area would act as a vestibule and entryway for the building.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The statue was placed in the north vestibule of Central Library in 2007.
    Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Ample room in the vestibule for your gear, and enough room inside to sit up.
    Don Melanson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.
    Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Past that little vestibule is a lounge, then two rooms with sushi bars.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Even the stone steps leading to the front door and vestibule were taken away to make the church look modern.
    oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2020
  • One side of each vestibule door folds up to increase airflow near the ground.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2021
  • A fight broke out inside the bar and continued into the vestibule area of the bar.
    Ruth Ann Krause, Post-Tribune, 10 May 2017
  • Then standing in the vestibule, grayly lit by lantern light.
    David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Some weeks, there’s barely enough standing room in the vestibule.
    Stephen Ford, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The vestibule leads to the heart of the house, where tall walls of windows face east across the valley toward the White Mountains.
    Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • Hill followed, grabbing him in the vestibule at the store’s entrance.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The vestibule covers both front and back, with just enough room in the front to keep gear covered outside the tent.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • The downside to this design is very minimal vestibule space.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Though, for most ultralight backpackers and thru hikers, that’s the only thing going in the vestibule anyway.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024

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