BALCONY in a Sentence

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For BALCONY, below is one of 65 sentences:
Occasionally the rock star would drift out onto the balcony and vouchsafe the crowd below a glimpse of her celebrated features.

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 Meanings and Examples of BALCONY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
balcony
 n.  platform projecting from the wall of a building
Classic Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  It was evident that up to lately there had been a large notice-board in front of the balcony; it had, however, been roughly torn away, the uprights which had supported it still remaining.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  Behind the rails of the balcony I saw there were some loose boards, whose raw edges looked white.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  He stood at the edge of the screen, from time to time jutting out his head and exchanging a laugh with two friends in the corner of the balcony.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
4  Yet they felt that the true test of any Juliet is the balcony scene of the second act.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
5  Finally, after vainly trying to force the door, they got on the roof and dropped down on to the balcony.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
6  Good evening, gracious lady; I am sorry to intrude, but there is a fugitive hiding on the balcony.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
7  Nonsense, sir, you can see that there is no one on the balcony.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
8  You shewed great ignorance in thinking that it was necessary to climb up to the balcony, because ours is the only private house that has two rows of windows.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
9  I climbed the balcony of this house when a man of sense would have dived into the nearest cellar.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
10  The windows are open, giving access to a balcony with flowers in pots.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
11  Freddy goes out on the balcony to catch another glimpse of Eliza.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
12  Mr. Doolittle: will you be so good as to step out on the balcony for a moment.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
13  Eliza goes out on the balcony to avoid being alone with Higgins.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
14  She immediately comes back into the room and makes for the door; but he goes along the balcony quickly and gets his back to the door before she reaches it.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
15  No guest, no visitor, could stand on the balcony of the mansion and remain indifferent.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.
2  He stepped out onto the balcony to address the multitude below.
3  The balcony juts out over the garden.
4  We had drinks on the hotel balcony.
5  She led us to a room with a balcony overlooking the harbour.
6  A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him.
7  You can see the sea from our balcony.
8  We have breakfast on the balcony in summer.
9  He planted some flowers on the balcony that projects over the street.
10  Occasionally the rock star would drift out onto the balcony and vouchsafe the crowd below a glimpse of her celebrated features.
11  They were the oldest apartments in the United States, with long, cast-iron balconies, red brick, and ground-floor stores.