How to Use outbuilding in a Sentence

outbuilding

noun
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  • Records show four outbuildings and a barn on the site, and that the farmhouse was built in 1867.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The kitchen is in an outbuilding, just behind the main house.
    — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • There is a two-car garage and a fenced yard plus a hot tub and an outbuilding.
    — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2021
  • In the place where the new pavilion now stands, there used to be an old outbuilding.
    — Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The outbuildings are sound and in no danger at present.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The strong winds downed trees and power lines and tore up outbuildings.
    — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
  • There is a gazebo, two barns, a horse shed and many outbuildings.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 June 2018
  • The tours will feature the stable as the soon-to-be Heritage Center, the Red Barn and outbuildings.
    — courant.com, 3 July 2019
  • Lock your vehicles and take the keys, as well as lock your garage and outbuildings.
    — cleveland, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Some of the outbuildings were built from scratch — drawing down the stockpile of redwood.
    — Andrea Galyean, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
  • And to the north, a sagging wooden house and two outbuildings occupied the edge of an old farm.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
  • By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had consumed the house and spread to a pine tree and an outbuilding, Shoots said.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The two shed roofs and black-and-red color scheme echo the existing outbuildings.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • One home lost a garage and an outbuilding, the weather service said, and a few dozen trees were toppled or snapped by the storm.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The wildfire burned through 13 homes and eight outbuildings in the Panguitch Lake area.
    — USA TODAY, 26 June 2017
  • Many are passing the idle time doing odd jobs around their homes, yards and outbuildings.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2020
  • No residences have been lost to the Ute Park Fire, but 14 Philmont outbuildings burned late last week.
    — Jamiel Lynch and Phil Gast, CNN, 4 June 2018
  • Some outbuildings would be torn down, but the enclosed mall and movie theater on the 43-acre site would remain.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, latimes.com, 27 June 2018
  • The girl was found in what was described as an outbuilding that was locked from the outside, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • One outbuilding was lost to the fire, the Thursday evening update confirmed.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • Instead we were assigned to an outbuilding: the Swine Barn.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2017
  • The grounds, with barn and outbuildings, also include a brook and gardens.
    — Courant Community, 11 July 2017
  • Ben toured me around the grounds, the few outbuildings that surrounded the cabin like satellites.
    — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The shot, which was fired from about three feet, away grazed the teen’s chest, went through the wall of the mobile home and into an outbuilding, officials said.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Flat land allows for a sports court, pool, grass field and outbuilding, says Hasson.
    — oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Plans are in the works for improvements to the outbuildings, plus more landscaping.
    — Laurencia Ciprus, courant.com, 18 May 2018
  • The outbuildings could be used for studio space or classes.
    — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 3 Feb. 2018
  • At least two homes and numerous outbuildings were lost in the Bear Den Fire, the department said.
    — Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Police found the victim in an outbuilding behind the house.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The park district bought the property in an effort to preserve the remaining historic assets and outbuildings on the grounds after the main house on the property was torn down in 2013.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2024

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