How to Use attic in a Sentence

attic

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  • The fire was in the attic and in the back of the house, Metcalf said.
    — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The house is about 1,200 square feet and has one floor with an attic.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The children slept in a room in the attic, in eight small beds lined up in a row.
    — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023
  • So, clear out your shelves and pull out your dusty old records from the attic.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • His first job was to run the ductwork in the attic and cut vent holes in the ceilings.
    — Tik Root, Grist, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Or you in the attic and the other people somewhere else in the house?
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The little ones have their very own space in the attic, with enough room to both sleep and play.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Other crews pulled down the ceiling to expose the fire in the attic.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The two boxes have become one, taped back up and placed in the attic.
    — Paul Ford, WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • The soaring attic where the ghost, Ernest, likes to hang out was filmed on a soundstage.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But, even here, death was back in the attic; the couch was gone, and no one could tell us what happened to the loom.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The small 93-page diary was set aside in a box in his Bergenfield attic.
    — Megan Burrow, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But the courtroom is in the attic of his own residence.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The ordeal ended when dawn came and the bats retreated to the attic.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Fire and smoke damage had engulfed the building from the basement to the attic.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Bruce and her two roommates would turn off the lights and lock themselves in their attic.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The little boy attempts to scare Corey by locking him in the attic.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Officers found his body wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in a crawl space of his attic.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • But fire crews did enter the structure to make sure the blaze hadn’t spread through the common attic.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Neighbors leaned out windows and watched from the street below as the fire spread toward the front of the attic.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Up the creaking stairs to the top floor, then up another staircase to the attic.
    — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Flames danced and grew, feeding on oxygen from the seaside breeze and the air trapped in his attic.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • There’s also a walk-up attic, a full basement, and a three-car garage.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Warning: a lot of people here seem to think men look for dinner in the attic.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The fire started on the second floor of the 24-unit building before spreading to the attic, the statement said.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • With the right insulations and updates, the attic has the potential to be the loveliest room in the house.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The blaze spread from the exterior to the attic and a bedroom, Oceanside fire Capt.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • In the attic, there is a bathroom which does not have a door, but that didn’t stop Kunis from using it.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The founders' ghosts live on in the attic, in dolls' bodies, and Maggie soon becomes enmeshed in their world.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • At first, the signs were subtle—a faint scratching in the walls, the occasional rustle in the attic.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024

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