Example Sentences

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At night, steam floats up from sugarhouses, where maple sap is being boiled down into syrup.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024

People enjoying the sights, smells and sweet tastes from sugarhouses are asked to follow safety guidelines including wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2020

Typically, Maine Maple Sunday is held on the fourth Sunday in March with about 100 sugarhouses across the state participating.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2020

The sap was running in Vermont, where farmers have tapped the sugar maples and the stuff is flowing through plastic tubing directly from the trees to the sugarhouses.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The prison is so stuffed, the walls are ready to burst. We’ve had to pack them into the sugarhouses and the confiscated churches, too.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson