Sentence examples for modest dwellings from inspiring English sources

Although they might all be just as happy in more modest dwellings, few would be willing to downsize on their own.

The cottage sits on less than a quarter acre, in a cluster of similarly modest dwellings, set back a few hundred feet from the water's edge.

Staff have compiled The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping, which is filled with tips on cleaning houses - from grand stately piles to more modest dwellings.

The Pharaoh's palace is splendid and chilly, all white and light pastels, in contrast to the warm, burnished colors of the modest dwellings of the Israelites in Goshen.

These modest dwellings, found across North America, housed poor but lively groups of Pentecostal believers under such names as the Pentecostal, Apostolic, Latter Rain, or Full Gospel churches.

An 1880 carriage house painted dusty mauve that once belonged to Bob Dylan's carpenter is typical of more modest dwellings in Woodstock.

She denounced the brother to the authorities, and obtained his modest dwelling as a reward.

As an adult, I've continued to visit Vermont with my husband's family, whose "camp," a modest dwelling that uses lake water for plumbing, is near Lake Champlain.

Late last year, Ms. Jennings-Moritz, 61, and her husband traded the rambling house they had lived in for a more modest dwelling, to relieve themselves of financial pressure.

The modest dwelling in "Ryder's House" is a metaphor for isolation, while in "Cape Cod Morning" a woman leans out of a window and surveys dark woods.

These units haven't made a dent in the housing crisis (only 591 have been permitted since 2003; only 347 have been completed), but they've provided modest dwelling spaces for homeowners' relatives, friends, employees or even total strangers.