How to Use duplex apartment in a Sentence

duplex apartment

noun
  • And yes, there was a vacancy — a cozy duplex apartment carved from a two-story house at the end.
    — Nancy Hass Ilyes Griyeb, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • Nigro said the fire started in a duplex apartment between the second and third floors.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The duplex apartment consists of a private penthouse on the building's sixth floor and half of the fifth floor.
    — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The split-level layout gives the feel of a luxe duplex apartment and creates a sense of connection between the different areas.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Barnard and his girlfriend, İlkay, live together in a duplex apartment in Istanbul.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The fire started on the second and third floors of the building in a duplex apartment, the New York Times reported.
    — Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Sunday’s fire originated in a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors, Nigro said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Indeed, the double-height glass structure is laid out like an upscale duplex apartment, with a lounge area, an indoor garden, a fire pit, a bar and, of course, prime views of the sea.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2022
  • No, the family’s duplex apartments weren’t connected.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Eager to own a place, but reluctant to move away from friends and their nanny share, the couple bought a tiny duplex apartment in the building next door in 2014.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • According to Nigro, Sunday's fire originated in a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • According to Nigro, Sunday’s fire originated in a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors.
    — Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The duplex apartment, at 152 Elizabeth Street, went into contract in November in an off-market deal that has not yet closed.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The fire started in a duplex apartment in the 19-story building and spread quickly through an open door, authorities said at a Sunday afternoon news conference.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
  • After months of fruitless searching, the Feuers immediately fell for the 3,000-square-foot duplex apartment, which had three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
    — Tim McKeough, New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Griffin also recently paid $38 million for a duplex apartment up the block from where Mamdani shot the video, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In a previous episode of the show, the couple found out from their realtor that their former penthouse duplex apartment on Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village was going back on the market.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The couple’s decision to build came after living in the heart of Amsterdam in a tight, upper-floor, 1,200-square-foot duplex apartment in the city’s quaint Jordaan district.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018
  • According to a state police affidavit, a week before the shooting, Kaylor and his family − who live in a duplex apartment above the victims - accused Devin Smith of indecent exposure.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Pascal Chevallier Her duplex apartment, in the haut-monde 16th arrondissement, delights in a similar mix of bourgeois deference to French classicism and pleasure-seeking quirk.
    — Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 31 July 2024
  • The duplex apartment sits opposite Claridge’s and features Art Deco interiors inspired by the iconic hotel, with tons of ornate details like oak wood floors, antique gold finishes, and elaborate marble work.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023
  • More than 200 firefighters responded to the scene of the five-alarm fire that originated Sunday morning in a duplex apartment on the third floor of a high-rise building, located in the Tremont section of the Bronx, officials said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2022

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