How to Use longhouse in a Sentence

longhouse

noun
  • From his longhouse, at sunset, there was the squawk of parrots, and the night sky soon filled with stars.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2018
  • And across the hall from the longhouse, ancient saga manuscripts are also on display.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
  • It’s known for its longhouse buildings that feel plucked out of the Pacific.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Because of the rain and the bad roads, we were stuck in a bamboo longhouse a day’s drive from a hospital.
    — Brent Crane, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The first people to make their mark on the lake were Native villagers who built longhouses near the lakeshore.
    — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • In the longhouse and out in the mountains, the food-gathering is accompanied by song.
    — Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Think of indigenous longhouses or cedar plank homes, both built primarily from wood.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The main island still holds the remains of the chieftain’s longhouse at Borg and a cluster of Viking Age boathouses.
    — K.n. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2017
  • In a series of meetings at the Musqueam longhouse, leaders from the three communities worked through key differences over land.
    — Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The word longhouse literally meant the type of home in which Oneida traditionally lived.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The longhouse is the focal point of the village and the people from various tribes who live along the Columbia River.
    — Brooke Herbert, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Thus far, researchers have uncovered a longhouse, animal enclosures, spinning wheels for weaving, beads, lamps, pots, coins and more.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • As the Duwamish struggle to get federal recognition, the longhouse serves as a monument to their identity.
    — Greg Scruggs, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The ruins are right in the middle of the village—also one of the oldest villages in the Islands—and contain longhouse and barn foundations.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Researchers believe the presence of the large longhouse could indicate how wealthy and important Gjellestad was during the Viking era.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The longhouse is a multifamily dwelling with communal areas.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Cultural specifics stay within the oral teachings of the longhouse, the site of the Kah-milt-pah spiritual community.
    — B. “toastie” Oaster, ProPublica, 26 June 2024
  • Though one facade of their building is thoroughly modern, the proportions of their doors and windows on the entry side are based on a historical longhouse design.
    — Tom Downey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Remains of a medieval timber longhouse were also found, which suggests the site was occupied after the early part of the 13th century.
    — Fox News, 4 July 2019
  • In one of the longhouses, called a nangamanka, Chief Dom explains how his people lived traditionally.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The artifacts were buried in a longhouse by an Iron Age chieftain, revealing that Vindelev was a center of power at the time, the museum added.
    — CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Like a longhouse in Asia, the spaces open onto a patio (outfitted with a serious barbecue) and the house's playground beyond, with its lawn, pool, and small prairie of grasses.
    — Joseph Giovannini, ELLE Decor, 2 July 2015
  • Sunlight streams into the longhouse during a recent ceremonial meal with elders at historic Celilo Village.
    — Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There are two-bedroom chalets overlooking the lake; private one-room cabins; standard double rooms, some with king-size beds, some with bunk beds; suites in the main lodge; a longhouse with suites; and glamping tents available in the summer.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The buildings demolished early Saturday in Seneca Falls housed several businesses, a longhouse and a day care center.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Interior additions were made to the longhouse; like additional seating and sleeping structures and an outdoor kitchen and cooking area with seating there for programming purposes.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
  • Built of various materials including wood, stone, and turf, the Scandinavian longhouse was a large hall where inhabitants ate and slept, with additional rooms for storage.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Today, in addition to the center, there are three trails, a representative garden (featuring the Three Sisters — corn, beans, and squash), and a full-size replica of a bark longhouse open to the public.
    — Patti Nickell, Philly.com, 1 Dec. 2017
  • The spirit of the longhouse As developers of the largest projects currently underway in Vancouver, the nations have seized an opportunity to imprint their values on the city.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
  • The event also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the tribe’s longhouse, a traditional shelter built with Western red cedar that sits on less than an acre of land — all that the Duwamish tribe still owns of its ancestral home.
    — Greg Scruggs, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019

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