How to Use family room in a Sentence

family room

noun
  • Keep the tube in the family room.
    — Barrie Gillies, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The large kitchen has an island and opens to the family room.
    — Dallas News, 2 Oct. 2021
  • But my favorite part is how open the kitchen is to the family room.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2019
  • Often, one of them would sleep on the couch in the family room.
    — Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The kitchen moved to a more central spot right off the family room.
    — Gary Thompson, Midwest Living, 5 June 2026
  • Is your kitchen on one side and your family room far away on the other?
    — Janeé Bolden, Essence, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In the family room, a playpen sits in front of the fireplace.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 19 June 2025
  • In the family room, walls of glass open to the grassy backyard.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The family room has wood beams, a cast-iron fireplace and a bar.
    — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2020
  • There’s a wet bar in the family room and a dry sauna in the master suite.
    — Jack Flemming, sacbee, 5 June 2018
  • The main level has a pantry in the kitchen and a large family room at the back.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • All of the birthing rooms will be single family rooms.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Shown here is the dining area, which is open to the kitchen and family room.
    — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The kitchen and family room's glass doors open to their backyard.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 29 June 2020
  • Stairs lead down to the dining area, kitchen, and family room.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 June 2023
  • The nearby family room has a wet bar.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There is a fireplace in the family room and a bar in the media room.
    — Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The kitchen is now open to the dining and family rooms, as well as the new back porch and pool.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Nothing ramps up the fun like a playful touch in the family room.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Apr. 2022
  • At the opposite end of the long main floor are the kitchen and the family room.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2021
  • The squirrels were kept in a three-level cage in the family room.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The spot in the family room where the record collection had been was dark ash.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • An iron balcony in the same style as the front porch overlooks the family room.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 19 June 2023
  • The family room flows into the dining area and then the kitchen.
    — Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Then there is the eat-in-kitchen, just steps away from the dining room, and the family room.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The third guest bedroom is reached through a doorway in the family room.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The kitchen and family room are also open to each other.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The family room features a fireplace and views of the golf course.
    — Dallas News, 18 July 2021
  • The kitchen is open to the spacious family room and front-facing views.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The family room, next to the kitchen, is the room that best shows fine carpentry.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2019

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