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
  • That could be a beach cottage or a cabin in the mountains.
    — Jack Zenger, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • On that score, a quaint cottage and two-floor annex are close by.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 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
  • Doze in a river house on the banks of the Atchafalaya or in an 1840s cottage turned bed-and-breakfast on the shores of Lake Martin.
    — Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • In back will be a stone cottage, reminding me of the best years of my childhood.
    — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • There is a main residence and a very large cottage, and the grounds are filled with gardens.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 June 2022
  • 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
  • This 1915 cottage sits amid the dunes of an oversize beachfront lot.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The chest itself is styled with a spiffy cottage-look and tongue and groove paneling.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 26 May 2022
  • 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
  • In East Hampton, a 1964 house with a pair of steeply angled roofs displayed a severe flair that must have flustered the neighbors in nearby cottages.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2025

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