Sentence examples for quaint place from inspiring English sources

"This used to be a quaint place," said Mrs. Ring, a school crossing guard.

Reservations 24 hours ahead are essential as there are just 10 tables in the quaint place.

"All of a sudden our little, quaint place was being infiltrated by the big brands".

"It's still a quiet and quaint place with lots of well-preserved older homes and relatively little commercial development".

Michele meets us in the on-site shop, a quaint place selling basic maps, toilet rolls and sweets.

NORMAN BIRNBAUM Washington To the Editor: While it may be convenient for Bloom to view Britain as a quaint place where Shakespeare and Kipling are still popular entertainers (and sources of political insight), the truth is a tad more modern.

These are self-consciously quaint places like Westport, where streets have names like Fisherman's Lane and everyone knows everyone else's business.

Mason further contends that the "most appealing elements of these daredevil girl sleuth adventure books are (secretly) of this kind: tea and fancy cakes, romantic settings, food eaten in quaint places (never a Ho-Jo's), delicious pauses that refresh, old-fashioned picnics in the woods, precious jewels and heirlooms ..

To drive through Dunblane today, it is difficult to imagine that such a horror transpired in such a quaint, peaceful place.

Barrie says: "It was ridiculous - it was a quaint old place, but we built a great brick wall around it and had security cameras everywhere".

I went for a sushi dinner with a Japanese friend, at a quaint neighborhood place that felt like the Sixties: working women in belted dresses, a family shrine (purified paper and straw) in the eaves, people smoking.