garret
noun
gar·ret
| \ ˈger-ət
, ˈga-rət\
, ˈga-rət\
Definition of garret
: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
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Examples of garret in a Sentence
bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room
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In 1879, lightning struck as Wells looked out the window of the garret of the new courthouse. — al.com, "Indicted sheriff from Pickens County headed to Brazil on mission trip," 20 June 2019 The poets are dragged out of their garrets to provide more floral polish: the tender bud of youth flowers, withers, ultimately falls away. — Lisa Wells, Harper's magazine, "Nightmares at 20,000 Feet," 10 Apr. 2019 Her own office, a cozy garret with a view of the Empire State Building, will have to do for now. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "Lindsey Weidhorn Is the Woman Behind All Your Favorite HGTV Shows," 2 Apr. 2019 People often say that my apartment reminds them of an artist's garret in Paris. — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, "Leslie Klotz on Her Parisian-Inspired Apartment in Manhattan," 8 Dec. 2014 Perhaps most important in examining a creative life and career like this one is seeing how art is made in communities, rather than by isolated artists in garrets (or studios on 10th Street in Greenwich Village). — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, "The (Often Complicated) Lives of Artists," 12 Jan. 2018 There is hardly any furniture in the young bohemians’ Paris garret, making the space resemble an empty stage. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "‘La Bohème’: Should Opera’s Most Beloved Classic Be Changed?," 27 Oct. 2017 Nadar had become friendly with Baudelaire and his fellow poet Gérard de Nerval during his days as a garret-hopping bohemian. — Tobias Grey, WSJ, "The Great Nadar," 7 July 2017 Lone wolves hurling thunderbolts from their garrets gave way to affable co-critics doing online chats, TimesTalks, and video clips, writing personal essays and exploring their own biases. — Boris Kachka, Daily Intelligencer, "What the Departure of the Times’ Michiko Kakutani Means for Books Coverage," 15 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'garret.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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garret
noun
gar·ret
| \ ˈger-ət
\
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Kids Definition of garret
: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
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