tool shed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the foreground is the inviting backyard of a middle-class home: sunlit green grass, a tool shed, a picnic table, but no people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"As soon as you go out there, there are bees," she said, and added that she had been left exhausted after working in her tool shed and then not being able to sit outside afterwards.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
He built rows of shaded trellises, a chicken coop, a tool shed and a large greenhouse that his friends jokingly referred to as his “shop of horrors.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Strange hardware multiplied in the tool shed: chain wrenches, foul glues, an air compressor as bulbous and blaring as an opera impresario.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
Instead of playing volleyball in the sandpit, counselors and satyrs were stockpiling weapons in the tool shed.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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