How to Use outbuilding in a Sentence

outbuilding

noun
  • The kitchen is in an outbuilding, just behind the main house.
    — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The strong winds downed trees and power lines and tore up outbuildings.
    — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
  • There is a gazebo, two barns, a horse shed and many outbuildings.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 June 2018
  • In the place where the new pavilion now stands, there used to be an old outbuilding.
    — Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Five outbuildings and garages were destroyed in the blaze.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His body was later found in an outbuilding with a gun nearby.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Sides runs into the cover of some trees and outbuildings in the yard.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Lock your vehicles and take the keys, as well as lock your garage and outbuildings.
    — cleveland, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Many are passing the idle time doing odd jobs around their homes, yards and outbuildings.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Five homes and 14 outbuildings were destroyed by the fires.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There are seven homes on the land, six large barns and several outbuildings.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Other ranch houses and outbuildings dot the land, and one of the units even includes its own church.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The two shed roofs and black-and-red color scheme echo the existing outbuildings.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • An outbuilding was destroyed in the fire, but no homes were lost, Cal Fire said.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
  • The estate offers three outbuildings and a main building for rent.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Crews found an outbuilding where stacks of lumber that had come off the rail yard were fully engulfed in flames.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Flat land allows for a sports court, pool, grass field and outbuilding, says Hasson.
    — oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The grounds, with barn and outbuildings, also include a brook and gardens.
    — Courant Community, 11 July 2017
  • And to the north, a sagging wooden house and two outbuildings occupied the edge of an old farm.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Waters, 53, lives in a small outbuilding next to his sister’s home.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • No homes have been lost, although the fire did damage one outbuilding and a vehicle.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • One home lost a garage and an outbuilding, the weather service said, and a few dozen trees were toppled or snapped by the storm.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Records show four outbuildings and a barn on the site, and that the farmhouse was built in 1867.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The two wildfires have destroyed five homes and 14 outbuildings.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The two wildfires have destroyed five homes and 14 outbuildings.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Ben toured me around the grounds, the few outbuildings that surrounded the cabin like satellites.
    — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The two wildfires have destroyed five homes and 14 outbuildings.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The girl was found in what was described as an outbuilding that was locked from the outside, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Plans are in the works for improvements to the outbuildings, plus more landscaping.
    — Laurencia Ciprus, courant.com, 18 May 2018
  • Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026

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