HOUSE in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of HOUSE
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house
 n.  a building that people, usually one family, live in
 n.  an official assembly having legislative powers
 v.  give a person or animal a place to live, or to provide space for something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Thus I returned home, and entering the house, presented myself to the family.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  I would have seized him, but he eluded me and quitted the house with precipitation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  It was on that same house party that we had a curious conversation about driving a car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  All these people came to Gatsby's house in the summer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  "He wants her to see his house," she explained.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby's house, lit from tower to cellar.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  His children sold his house with the black wreath still on the door.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
11  But in the new silence I felt that silence had fallen within the house too.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  The grey windows disappeared as the house glowed full of light.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  So the whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  The Buchanans' house floated suddenly toward us through the dark rustling trees.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  Then I walked slowly down the drive away from the house intending to wait by the gate.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  She lives in that house among the trees.
17  They sold the house for treble the amount they paid for it.
18  The unfortunate animal was locked inside the house for a week.
19  A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.
20  It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's.
21  He occupies the house without paying any rent.
22  It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
23  The house was bright and absolutely spotless.
24  We bought the house to arm against big price rises.
25  We'll have to have a blitz on the house before your parents arrive.
26  The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art.
27  A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.
28  The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.
29  By the street of “Bye-and-bye” one arrives at the house of “Never”.
30  Parents are invited to attend the open house next Thursday.