How to Use gatehouse in a Sentence

gatehouse

noun
  • Stop at the gatehouse to pick up your map that shows all the locations.
    — cleveland, 16 May 2022
  • There’s a guard at a gatehouse, the sole access point, at the terminus of a dead-end road.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2018
  • At the hall, Roland stopped, propped his bike by the ancient gatehouse, crossed the road, and walked up and down.
    — Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Financial woes forced them to lease out the massive pile and repair to the gatehouse.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Challenge brochures with a map of the course can be picked up at the gatehouse or property office.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Kahn designed the main manor house, as well as the coach house and the gatehouse on the 15-acre estate.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • At one of them the station’s commandant emerged from his gatehouse to check out our bikes and took a liking to my fly rod.
    — Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Two guesthouses, a pair of gatehouses and a tennis court also are on the grounds.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
  • The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom gatehouse was the first to go last year for $7 million.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Like an eternal flame burning bright at our gatehouse, Don was always there and always would be.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • At the gatehouse, there was usually a lone soldier on duty who would give my pass a cursory glance.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Its gatehouse is crumbling, much of its fence is broken and many headstones have been toppled or vandalized.
    — Noah Remnick, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2017
  • Our first destination in the city is a gatehouse at the entrance to the city’s Old Town.
    — Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • The original stone gatehouse still stands at the bottom of the hill for which Top O’ Hill was named.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Black women were quartered separately, on the second floor of the gatehouse.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The gatehouse built by Capone has also been converted into a two-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse.
    — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The neighborhood is equipped with a two-story gatehouse, which means anyone who enters has to show ID.
    — Araceli Cruz, Teen Vogue, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Trucks and cars have started to roll through the northwest gate, and the media and appointments gatehouse is in operation.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The stone gatehouse, staffed 24 hours a day, straddles a river and a lush 18-hole golf course dotted with ponds and fountains.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2019
  • How to get to the beach Gaspee Point is home to a private cottage colony with a gatehouse, which can be daunting for visitors.
    — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 27 May 2026
  • The upper gatehouse is a concrete and granite tower with its base 115 feet below water.
    — John Torsiello, courant.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Then thought to be part of a castle gatehouse, the ruins were later identified as part of a surprisingly large building.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
  • The estate also includes a gatehouse for security, a large carriage house, and an atelier for creative pursuits.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The memorial tower was dedicated in 1938 and the gatehouse built to service it.
    — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
  • There was a gatehouse at the entrance to the neighborhood, private roads, private beaches, private security patrols.
    — Kate Casey, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
  • The community was set off from the surrounding suburbs by a canal, a gatehouse, a 10-foot wall and an infrared security system.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The property's one-bedroom guesthouse, located nearby, was painted to match the main home's aesthetic, while the entry gatehouse with two apartments is a bold red.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The wooden gatehouse and cellblocks of the Old Lahaina Prison, built in the 1850s to deal with rowdy sailors on shore leave, are gone.
    — Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Access to the community is restricted, and visitors and residents must check in at the staffed gatehouse, use a code, or be buzzed in by a homeowner, Rues said.
    — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Various structures, including two guesthouses, a pool house and a two-story gatehouse, tack on an extra 7,000 square feet.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021

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