Example Sentences

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There are, of course, costly workarounds to justify bigger windows, like adding balconies, said Nicholas Boys Smith, chairman of Create Streets, a think tank specializing in urban design.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Many of those fans travelled to the capital for Tuesday's blue-carpet premiere, hanging out of windows and lining balconies in Leicester Square for a glimpse of her.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The Cosmopolitan — One of the few hotels on the Las Vegas Strip with balconies, The Cosmopolitan was positively buzzing when I arrived.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Although video footage showed some residents of Tehran celebrating on their balconies and at their windows, Umut said "there were no protests on the streets", just a rush on fuel stations.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

She could almost hear her father’s angry roar echoing through the main room, the chorus of wailing ghosts on the balconies.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan