How to Use terrace in a Sentence

terrace

1 of 2 noun
Definition of terracenext
Synonyms for terracenext
  • For sale: large three-bedroom house with adjoining terrace and garden.
  • Back on the Polo Lounge’s terrace, the Stones need to hit the road.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And a rooftop terrace is planned over the parking garage.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • At the back, a double-height wall of glass opens to a 700-square-foot terrace.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Plus, there's a rooftop terrace, a pool, and a four-level spa.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • There is another terrace off the great room that runs the width of the building.
    — E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Plans also call for adding a food hall and rooftop terrace.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Suites start at more than 900 square feet, and each has a private terrace and Jacuzzi.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Avanti is a Puma classic with a unique and iconic point of view on terrace.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The floor above includes a dining area and a kitchen, both of which open up onto a rooftop terrace.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The setbacks serve as small terraces at the office level.
    — Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Book a room with an ocean view terrace to maximize the edge-of-the-world feeling that Hanalei Bay is known for.
    — Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The main floor opens to a covered terrace marked by arched supports softened by vines.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • On the residence’s roof, there’s even a cabana terrace which looks out over the grounds and swimming pool.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
  • One five-star reviewer said the string lights added a special touch to their terrace.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Choice backdrop: For the best panoramic views of Paris, head to the outdoor terrace at Bonnie Restaurant on the 15th floor.
    — Claire Stern, ELLE, 28 June 2023
  • Book your own chalet for a date or with friends (up to 8 people) on a terrace overlooking Zurich.
    — Rana Good, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Guests love it for its heated pool, rooftop terrace, and charcoal grills.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Find rooms with private terraces, pools, and even caves, all with gorgeous caldera views.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2023
  • At the Islamic cemetery on the outskirts of the city, lines of fresh graves rise up and across terraces cut into the hillside.
    — James Montague Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The track removed a section of bleachers and built new club terrace seating with clear views of the start/finish line and restarts.
    — Randy Covitz, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In the evenings, candles are placed in scores of salt votives to provide light, and there’s also the round fire pit made of sandstone on the main terrace.
    — Gisela Williams Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Or choose the covered terrace for a stunning outdoor venue.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There's also a motor court, a two-car garage, a private gym with a large terrace and two rooms with a kitchen for in-house staff.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But they have also been known to hang out in cities, where terraces, windowsills and rooftops resemble the cliff ledges they are used to.
    — Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The last 11 are in the atelier, a separate building next to the pool, and each comes with a huge terrace set in the middle of vines with an outdoor fire pit.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The style is classic Adirondacks, with gabled roofs and as many porches and terraces as each space allows.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The home — which is listed for $9.75 million — sports four bedrooms, a landscaped terrace and a killer view.
    — Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Style them in a spectrum on your patio, terrace, or surrounding your front door.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Some rooms offer ocean views and other have garden views, but all rooms have a private terrace with either a Jacuzzi or a plunge pool.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
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terrace

2 of 2 verb
  • Paths, fences, a pool, and terrace grace these picture-perfect grounds.
    — courant.com, 14 May 2021
  • Beds of herbs, produce and flowers are terraced into the hillside, flanked by stone walls and bordered by open fields and a lush valley.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • For nearly a century, this had been dairy country, and the rounded, coastal hills were terraced from decades of grazing.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Top floor has master suite opening to terrace, plus three bedrooms.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Finally, one last floor up is the private rooftop deck, with its lap pool and terrace both enclosed by sliding glass and topped by a retractable sun awning for shade.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Excavated and terraced, the two courts are rimmed by seating for hundreds of spectators.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Around them was tranquil but functional farmland that was sensually subtropical, the fields terraced and piled with shocks of grain.
    — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
  • Another popular option is to terrace sections of the slope within your lawn to create flat planting areas.
    — oregonlive, 3 July 2022
  • Around them was tranquil but functional farmland that was sensually subtropical, the fields terraced and piled with shocks of grain.
    — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
  • But this is just the start of an upgrade to the 50-year-old venue that will expand and terrace its seating and improve entry points in hopes of making the small hillside bowl into a regional attraction in the sunny southeast corner of the city.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The resort features a modernized colonial design, and each suite has an expansive bedroom, living room, and terrace that overlooks the lagoon and private beach.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2021
  • Around 4,500 years ago, ancient engineers and workers terraced the little island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, creating a sort of step pyramid.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Jan. 2018
  • During the day, the family worked on terracing the rows, building retaining walls and installing drip irrigation.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • In the ’90s, China’s Loess Plateau, a vast expanse of arable but powdery soil, had been all but ruined by deforestation and grazing, until a massive effort was undertaken to terrace the land and reforest it.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Dynamics were harshly terraced with misjudged volume on brass entrances and lower-register string phrases that either got lost or assumed unnecessary prominence in unblended sound.
    — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017
  • Paths, fences, a pool, and terrace grace these picture-perfect grounds.
    — courant.com, 14 May 2021
  • Beds of herbs, produce and flowers are terraced into the hillside, flanked by stone walls and bordered by open fields and a lush valley.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • For nearly a century, this had been dairy country, and the rounded, coastal hills were terraced from decades of grazing.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Top floor has master suite opening to terrace, plus three bedrooms.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Finally, one last floor up is the private rooftop deck, with its lap pool and terrace both enclosed by sliding glass and topped by a retractable sun awning for shade.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Excavated and terraced, the two courts are rimmed by seating for hundreds of spectators.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Around them was tranquil but functional farmland that was sensually subtropical, the fields terraced and piled with shocks of grain.
    — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
  • Another popular option is to terrace sections of the slope within your lawn to create flat planting areas.
    — oregonlive, 3 July 2022
  • Around them was tranquil but functional farmland that was sensually subtropical, the fields terraced and piled with shocks of grain.
    — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
  • But this is just the start of an upgrade to the 50-year-old venue that will expand and terrace its seating and improve entry points in hopes of making the small hillside bowl into a regional attraction in the sunny southeast corner of the city.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The resort features a modernized colonial design, and each suite has an expansive bedroom, living room, and terrace that overlooks the lagoon and private beach.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2021
  • Around 4,500 years ago, ancient engineers and workers terraced the little island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, creating a sort of step pyramid.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Jan. 2018
  • During the day, the family worked on terracing the rows, building retaining walls and installing drip irrigation.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • In the ’90s, China’s Loess Plateau, a vast expanse of arable but powdery soil, had been all but ruined by deforestation and grazing, until a massive effort was undertaken to terrace the land and reforest it.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Dynamics were harshly terraced with misjudged volume on brass entrances and lower-register string phrases that either got lost or assumed unnecessary prominence in unblended sound.
    — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017

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