How to Use farmstead in a Sentence

farmstead

noun
  • The farmstead and everything that goes with it is yours now to keep or dispose of.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Buildings are damaged at a farmstead on the northwest edge of the city.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Outside of town, groves of oak and cottonwood mark where farmsteads used to be.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The medieval theater started out as a farmstead that sold beer.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2020
  • Garip spends most of her time out of her pen and has never tried to run away from Mirzan's farmstead.
    — Ergin Yildiz and Robert Badendieck, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
  • At the same time, Norway had been stricken by the plague, so many farmsteads there were left abandoned.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
  • There will also be gardens on the farmstead and an outdoor area where people can gather.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Better yet, spend the night at a local inn, which is likely snuggled up to a babbling brook or farmstead.
    — Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Better yet, spend the night at a local inn, which is likely snuggled up to a babbling brook or farmstead.
    — Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Shannon raises grass-feed lamb and beef and chickens for organic eggs, all of which would be sold at the new farmstead.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • This spread is sourced from their collection of farmstead cheeses made in and around Abruzzo, Italy.
    — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2018
  • My grandfather sold me an old farmstead that has been in the family for 200 years.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This tornado continued to do tree, barn and home damage to farmsteads to the northeast.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Weir and his friend Hartig were hiding a couple of hundred yards beyond the farmstead.
    — Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
  • The site is near an ancient quarry, two burial caves and the remains of a Roman-era farmstead.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Latta House and the meat house, which are original to the farmstead, will remain, with some repairs planned.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The farmstead's two buildings connected by a passage were built with split stone to a height of just over five feet and feature doorways facing the sea.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
  • After buying an Ohio farmstead, Harper gave birth to a daughter, Mary.
    — Ian Zack, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The Schwabs had given tours of the farmstead since it was restored with private funds in the early 1990s.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2017
  • The company is planning to lease the land, which is the remains of a farmstead, for up to 40 years, according to the county.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The baroque church, the Alpine farmsteads, and Odle peaks rising behind them are strikingly beautiful.
    — Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026
  • Families can tour the grounds, feed the chickens and check out the educational displays around the farmstead such as the working blacksmith shop.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Families can tour the grounds, feed the chickens and check out the educational displays around the farmstead such as the working blacksmith shop.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Families can tour the grounds, feed the chickens and check out the educational displays around the farmstead such as the working blacksmith shop.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Families can tour the grounds, feed the chickens and check out the educational displays around the farmstead such as the working blacksmith shop.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Families can tour the grounds, feed the chickens and check out the educational displays around the farmstead such as the working blacksmith shop.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The couple tied the knot at the La Granja farmstead resort on the Northern side of the Balearic island.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Hike with goats, collect eggs, visit the farm animals, and explore the trails that crisscross this nearly 100-acre farmstead.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022

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