How to Use guardhouse in a Sentence

guardhouse

noun
  • The guard was sound asleep when Tip arrived at the guardhouse.
    — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2018
  • The theme continues with a tall guardhouse with a curved rail across the roof.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • An apartment, guardhouse, pool and garage are included, all of which not in the best of shape.
    — Jill Sell, cleveland.com, 9 July 2017
  • An apartment, guardhouse, pool and garage are included, all of which not in the best of shape.
    — The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 31 July 2017
  • Richard’s home is a brick seaside mansion surrounded by a fence with a guardhouse.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The guardhouse has windows in which to see from every angle and its original paint.
    — oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • At the time, the defendant was in a guardhouse next to the inner gate, witnesses said.
    — Reem Saad, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2017
  • His residence inside the golf course is nearly a mile away from the main road, the turnoff of which is blocked by a guardhouse.
    — Barbara Demick, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
  • Alice passes out there, dead drunk in the guardhouse — and wakes up in her childhood bed on her 16th birthday.
    — Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
  • Richard is painting a landscape of the scene outside his window, notably minus the guardhouse.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • His new place accounts for three of those acres and features a single-story main house, a three-story guesthouse and a guardhouse.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • And a new guardhouse with license plate readers that record how many trips shuttle and limo vendors make to the center will be constructed.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Upon his eventual surrender, he was brought here and imprisoned in a guardhouse.
    — Dallas News, 4 May 2020
  • The guardhouse and parking for up to five vehicles could be enticing for their security team.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Feeling confident that the guardhouse had been built by the guru’s followers prompted French to list it for sale.
    — oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • At the end of the drive, not far past the spot where a historical marker stands today, was once a guardhouse where armed men kept curious visitors at bay.
    — cincinnati.com, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The perimeter is marked by a stone fence and guardhouse where drivers on Sunday stopped to have their temperatures checked before entry.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The movie studio backers built a forlorn guardhouse on 40 acres in South Windsor, but nothing else.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Explore the royal apartments and gaze out over the Queen’s Hamlet—home to a windmill, barn, fishery, garm, and guardhouse.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Security at the property is tight, and those working at the guardhouse reportedly know each member by sight.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2021
  • To stretch the metaphor once again, forget the guardhouse, the guards, the crown jewels and The Tower of London altogether.
    — David Benjamin and David Komlos, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Next door, Oates uncovered a large edifice with a massive basalt threshold and thick walls, entered by passing through two small rooms, perhaps guardhouses.
    — Andrew Lawler, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010
  • There’s also a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a two-bedroom guardhouse, and a caretaker property on the estate.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across the street from the French embassy, showed the gunman inside the guardhouse.
    — Reuters, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Watson allegedly made a U-turn and began firing a gun at the group, prompting them to seek shelter in the bulletproof guardhouse, the victims reported.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The festival hub was a pale yellow structure, built in 1820 as a guardhouse, which stands across from the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
    — Lucas Peterson, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2016
  • After parachuting in, they were met at the guardhouse by bayonet-wielding Japanese soldiers who attempted to take them prisoner.
    — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2022
  • All that remains of Samobor Castle’s original 13th-century structure are the ruins of the fortress’ guardhouse.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The Main Post’s former guardhouse reopened in 2017 as the Presidio’s visitor center.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2017
  • Additional features include a 12-car garage, a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a caretaker house and a two-bedroom guardhouse.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025

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