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garret - use in sentences
Converse of object
- occupy: His work requires a " long light " or leaden casement, so that he most frequently occupies garrets originally designed for his trade.
- have: They were planning to be married in the spring, and have the garret of the house fixed up, and live there.
Adjective modifier
- old: Do you dream yet on your old rickety sofa in the dear old ghastly bankrupt garret at No. 66?
- small: These provide offices that range from grand open plan spaces on the principal floors to small one person garrets in the roof.
- bankrupt: Do you dream yet on your old rickety sofa in the dear old ghastly bankrupt garret at No. 66?
- low: In Nottingham it is common to find 15-20 children in a low garret, 12 feet square, working for 15 hours a day.
Modifies a noun
- window: I entered his room through the garret window an hour ago.
- room: I remember one or two of us meeting under his worthy father's humble roof, in a garret room there, for prayer.
- workshop: The garret workshop remains on display in the Museum's Synopsis Gallery.
Noun used with modifier
- herb: A herb garret was also erected for drying and storing medicinal herbs.
Possessives
- writer: No towering gothic castle either, nor ivory tower, nor writer's garret.
Preposition: of
- house: They were planning to be married in the spring, and have the garret of the house fixed up, and live there.
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