Explore Attic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like district or bonce. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Attic in a sentence
Related words
Attic meaning
- The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
- A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
- A person's head or brain.
Synonyms of Attic
Attic vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Attic
- The main meaning on this page is: The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. | A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated. | A person's head or brain.
- Useful related words include: district, bonce, bean, ancient greek.
- Possible Dutch translations are: attisch.
- In the example corpus, attic often appears in combinations such as: the attic, attic of, an attic.
Context around Attic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Attic
- In this selection, "attic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, main, small, synagogue, velasco, revealed and apparently stand out and add context to how "attic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bomb the attic in a and filmed the attic in 1984. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "attic" sits close to words such as addictive, braking and commodore, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with attic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A cannabis farm was found in an attic. (8 words)
Crews are looking for hot spots in the attic,” he told local media. (13 words)
I was living in an attic in Indiana with asbestos and black mold. (13 words)
A recent legend tells of a Nazi agent ascending to the synagogue attic during World War II and trying to stab the Golem, but he died instead. citation A film crew who visited and filmed the attic in 1984 found no evidence either. (43 words)
Yosef Yitzchak wrote in his memoirs that he visited the Old New Synagogue 's attic, and his father was very grave when he descended back to the ground floor, saying that he had recited psalms for his safety while he visited the attic. (43 words)
A concern about security cameras was raised by Rupp and discussion held with the facts pointed out that the old camera is “ancient” along with the computer, that allows them to check if someone is outside, being located upstairs in the attic. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the aftermath of the murder, gardaí carried out a search of the main attic and the small attic in the Silver Key restaurant where Nicholescu was employed.
Can only imagine that the attic is infested - going to "bomb" the attic in a couple of weeks.
A recent legend tells of a Nazi agent ascending to the synagogue attic during World War II and trying to stab the Golem, but he died instead. citation A film crew who visited and filmed the attic in 1984 found no evidence either.
Yosef Yitzchak wrote in his memoirs that he visited the Old New Synagogue 's attic, and his father was very grave when he descended back to the ground floor, saying that he had recited psalms for his safety while he visited the attic.
A cannabis farm was found in an attic.
A concern about security cameras was raised by Rupp and discussion held with the facts pointed out that the old camera is “ancient” along with the computer, that allows them to check if someone is outside, being located upstairs in the attic.
After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong does.
A property firm is seeking permission from Inverclyde Council to turn the first floor and attic at 20A Union Street into six units for short-term lets.
Check for water stains in your attic if possible, or look along the ceiling of the exterior wall of your home.
Check this list carefully because you might have one of these records in your attic.
Crews are looking for hot spots in the attic,” he told local media.
Her acting skills have been showcased in a variety of films including “Carriers”, “Flowers in the Attic,” and “The Silence”.
If you run your heater or air conditioner most days, you might save some serious money by adding new insulation to your attic.
In 1999, I found out the name of the church my parents were married in, and when I arrived at this 1800s bluestone building, they took me up to the attic with a gas lantern – just like in the movies.
In fact, the trailer has taken things a step further, with Constance being a dangerous and scary spirit that comes from the attic with her axe and appears to be on the hunt for the film's living guests.
In this sci-fi, New York City detective John () finds an old ham radio in the attic of his childhood home.
I quick trip to the attic revealed I had kept some of my favourite CD albums to one side so I was eager to relive the past while also keeping one eye on what's to come.
I was living in an attic in Indiana with asbestos and black mold.
Just don’t ask them what’s on the fourth floor (it’s not an attic apparently).
Kathleen relished sitting on the side porch or in the attic, dreaming of past lives and events that make up its 187-year existence.
Common combinations with attic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the attic 105×
- attic of 19×
- an attic 15×
- attic and 11×
- attic in 9×
- and attic 8×
- your attic 8×
- attic where 7×
- his attic 6×
- attic or 6×