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How to use brownstone in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Brownstone means a variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material. Example: “Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.”

Examples of brownstone by meaning

nounA row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.

  • Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.1979, Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
  • Did I mention he lives in a fantastic, expensive-looking brownstone?2014 October 9, James Poniewozik, “Review: The Affair: More Than Meets the "I"”, in Time
  • They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 203

More sentences with brownstone

  • Its tree-lined streets, romantic brownstones and cozy cafes emanate a family-friendly, Sesame Street vibe.2007 November 18 (Sunday), Joann Klimkiewicz, "Fugheddaboud what you think you know about Brooklyn", The Hartford Courant. From the entry Sesame Street
  • An oak tree grew in Brooklyn once, on a pleasant, brownstoned block.2007 September 9, Caroline H. Dworin, “The Corn Is Green (and Just Down the Block)”, in New York Times. From the entry brownstoned
  • Their brownstone still stands, and it is still snug and weathertight.1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 35. From the entry weathertight
  • A disease immortalized by the legendary Collyer brothers, who'd been found dead in their mess in a Harlem brownstone.2013, Julia Heaberlin, Lie Still: A Novel, →ISBN, page 305. From the entry disposophobia
  • Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street?1989, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, spoken by Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito). From the entry gentrification
  • Our design proposal is a mash-up of the Vancouver Special with Brooklyn brownstones and Chinese courtyard houses, resulting in a typology we call 'Extra Special.'2019, Alex Bozikovic, Cheryll Case, John Lorinc, House Divided: How the Missing Middle Will Solve Toronto's Housing Crisis, unnumbered page. From the entry Vancouver Special
  • For the five years that Talisha Holmes rented an apartment in a brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, she heard her downstairs neighbor, a guitarist, rehearsing with his rock band.2015 August 14, Joanne Kaufman, “Summer in the City: Some Like It Loud”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry Talisha
  • Much has changed since the Victorians traveled in large comfortable boats called dahabiehs — “a bit like floating down the Nile in a brownstone,” Mahoney says.2007 August 5, Lisa Fugard, “Against the Current”, in New York Times. From the entry dahabieh
  • The transistor radio swiped from an East 39th Street brownstone could be traded on a Harlem street corner for a "nickel's worth of schmeck" (a $5 bag of heroin).1974, Duane Denfeld, Street-wise Criminology, page 99. From the entry schmeck
  • At that point my Brooklyn brownstone will turn into Santa’s workshop as I package courtesy copies for all the sources who helped and people whose photos appear in the book.2012 June 13, Deborah L. Jacobs, “How My Book Became A (Self-Published) Best Seller”, in Forbes, retrieved 15 May 2014. From the entry Santa's workshop

Meaning of brownstone

  1. noun A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
  2. noun A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
  3. verb To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.

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Questions about brownstone in a sentence

How do you use brownstone in a sentence?
Brownstone is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.”
What is a short sentence with brownstone?
“Did I mention he lives in a fantastic, expensive-looking brownstone?”
What does brownstone mean?
Brownstone means a variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.

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