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How to use the word attic in a Sentence?

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Homeowners tend to undertake a remodeling project for any number of reasons, in some instances, homeowners were content with sprucing up a room with a simple paint job, while in other cases, families decided to take on the task of renovating an entire attic or basement to add additional living space to their home.

Jessica Lautz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was not that familiar with ‘Flowers in the Attic’ when I was offered this part, and I quickly found out how dark it was. And my part of it, being dad, I'm not in the darkest part of the piece.

Delilah Belle Hamlin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Hopefully we won't have any more death toll, but I'm fearful it will climb, and it will climb by more than five, just people that may have gotten in the attic or not been able to get out of the floodwaters, we're going to see more people that have perished in this storm.

Billy Nungesser

Found on CNN
3 years ago

She was asking for help. She was saying ‘The kids, the kids, the kids. Help bring the kids outside,’ she was worried about the people stuck in the house. I think they were stuck in the stairs and they had to come out from the attic.

Sandra Alvarez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

[I found that] my mother kept all her awards, film memorabilia, costumes and photographs in the attic. That’s how I first discovered her films. when I had to go to school and could no longer travel to be with her on the set, she gave up her career.

Hepburn Ferrer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I was back home in Switzerland, [I found that] my mother kept all her awards, film memorabilia, costumes and photographs in the attic. That’s how I first discovered her films.

Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The tracker contradicted his initial testimony that he had been roped up and gagged by three assailants. Instead, what we found was that he moved around the house, going from the attic to the basement.

Apostolos Skrekas

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The man who on the other hand brought the Banksy mural inside the house, had total control over it, he had free access to the house and the door was placed in the upper part of the attic.

Emanuele Mazzotta

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home

Proverb

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Zimmerman's unique take on the staging was inspired by the true story of a Jewish woman in Los Angeles who created a ‘Safe House’ for a Latina mother and her two daughters after her husband was deported by ICE, the characters in the attic will be played by a LatinX cast.

Broadway World

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If this happens, you end up spending more on utility costs because the air you’re paying to heat or cool is escaping from the loose ductwork into the attic or crawl space, not into your living space.

John Bodrozic

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Everybody has grandma’s clock in the attic and it’s a nostalgia thing and they want to bring it down, they remember as a little child that grandma had that clock.

Gary Landis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

Bette Davis

added by regnumveritatis
7 years ago

They had to go through the attic and break a door which they had never opened .. They broke the door and behind it was that picture. It's really incredible.

Eric Turquin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Clogged gutters and downspouts can cause the wood trim at the eaves to rot, and that can invite all kinds of critters into your attic space.

Victor Sedinger

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Now is now. And now will never be again. Tomorrow is another country. The magic of the present moment must be found out and be given a further life in the attic of our remembrance. ("Voices of the sea" )

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

More and more people are using it like an extension of their home or like a second closet, they send us seasonal items or luggage or even air conditioners. We have a lot of customers who do a wardrobe change two to three times per year. It’s like putting your coats in the attic and getting them back down again.

Sam Rosen

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.

Goldoni

added by anonymous
13 years ago

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

Conan Doyle

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

Peter Ustinov

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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