How to Use country house in a Sentence

country house

noun
Definition of country housenext
Synonyms for country housenext
  • West Wycombe Park is a country house built in the late 1700s.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2022
  • In our country house in France, there are so few flowers at this time of year.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The cult of the British country house, real and imaginary, lives on.
    — The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • What follows are six examples of the many forms of the country house.
    — Benjamin Riley, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • In summer, the ash tree blooms and fills the windows, and our city apartment looks like a country house.
    — Leslie Kendall Dye, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Porsche 911 to drive the six miles to the Pelosis’ Napa Valley country house.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2022
  • Think of a country house with the luxury levels turned up to 11.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • Reporters from the Guardian and Reuters visited the country house.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Egerton, Plummer and Cave will play some of the all-female cast who descend on the country house ahead of the nuptials.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In 1942, some friends of the Calments invited the couple to their country house.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The plot follows a young governess charged with the care of two young children in a remote country house.
    — cleveland, 15 June 2020
  • The pair were driving back to Monaco (with Kelly at the wheel) from their country house in France when their car fell off a cliff on the side of the road.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The earl had planned to have these ancient treasures grace Broomhall, his country house in Scotland.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2022
  • So, what made this country house versatile enough to play this many roles?
    — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 6 Jan. 2021
  • The idea came to her while living at their country house nestled in the mountains in upstate New York.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • But there are quite a few takers, most of whom are thinking of building a dacha, or country house.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021
  • In James’ novella, two children and Dani, their governess, head to a country house.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • That blend is best showcased against a backdrop of neutrals, which Rachel insists is the key to a country house.
    — Rachel Hardage Barrett, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The origins of the loafer date back to as early as the 1920s, when King George VI commissioned a country house shoe that became the first loafer.
    — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Even so, the idea of the country house did not remain entirely static.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Deene Park in Northamptonshire is a country house that has been the seat of the Brudenell family for 500 years.
    — Witold Rybczynski, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Once the domain of kings and dukes, the English country house has had to find more modest uses in modern times.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Here, for the only time in the movie, Song lingers over a physical space, in this case a handsome, sunlit country house, a home.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • The rooms evoke the energy of a lavish French chateau or a charming English country house.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The list of American émigrés who played a role in country house life before the Second World War is a long one.
    — Adrian Tinniswood, Time, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The Battle of Britain was won in the factories, not in English country houses.
    — Gerard Degroot, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Cosy country house hotels across the UK are giving gastronomes a new reason to visit in the new year.
    — Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In 2015 David Cameron invited him to stay at Chequers, the country house used by British leaders.
    — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021
  • And when the royal couple return to England, Charles goes straight to his country house to see Camilla.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • This country house is located in Dorset, a county in the southern part of England.
    — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 22 Oct. 2020

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