henhouse

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Recent Examples of henhouse Andy Cohen’s henhouse TV phenomenon has coarsened the idea of womanhood, reducing it to celebrity-wannabes presenting themselves like courtesans in prêt-à-porter versions of Met Gala costumes. Armond White, National Review, 22 May 2024 Despite the olive branch, a top advertising source expressed caution, comparing Netflix’s strategic moves to letting a fox into the henhouse. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024 Around 80 fat Sasso chickens squawk and scratch in his stone henhouse. Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023 Therefore, the new character is the Big Bad Wolf and Steve's in the henhouse. Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for henhouse 
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Noun
  • At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
    Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
    Erika Mailman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Noun
  • On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Noun
  • In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.
    Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
Noun
  • Another option is to start by placing a wire cage around the shrub and filling it with leaves or pine straw, then wrapping the cage withburlap.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Thok has also thrown in a suspension pump, multitool, rear UDH hanger set, water bottle with cage, an aluminum mug and a keychain (plus stickers).
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To step onto a red carpet, enveloped in her sculptural, statuesque folds of fabric has become a rite of passage for young stars scaling new heights–the dress functioning as a symbolic on-ramp for the beloved ingénue turned bombshell.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The backpack has a 20-liter capacity but folds into a small pouch when not in use.
    Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Since then, the House of Harlow founder has established a downright wholesome cottagecore-style home life for herself, raising a menagerie of pets, gardening, beekeeping, and harvesting eggs from her backyard chicken coop.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In a 2023 episode of the home renovation show, Hall and Haack proudly showed off their chicken coop which features black and white paint and a double gable roof.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024

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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henhouse. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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