Sentence examples for villas from inspiring English sources

The word 'villas' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a type of large house, usually in a rural or semi-rural area. For example, "The hillside was dotted with luxurious villas, each with its own swimming pool."

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Other villas are also being opened within the estate.

The villas, forum, shops, basilica and baths aren't what they were in 2AD – when an earthquake accelerated the decline in its fortunes – but it's easy to imagine the citizens looking out to sea while waiting for the action to kick off in the amphitheatre.

There is not a great deal to see in Ravello, apart from its two villas - the ruined Rufulo, which has open-air concerts in the evenings, and the Cimbrone with its lush gardens overlooking the sea - but it is pleasant just to ramble through the cobbled lanes or linger over a drink in a café on the main square.

Admire the work of the "Bergen School" of painters at Museum Kranenburgh (kranenburgh.nl) or take a stroll among the distinctive thatched "Amsterdam School" villas of the Park Meerwijk neighbourhood.

One of the first things he did on Wednesday evening, the Vatican said, was to telephone the emeritus pope Benedict XVI, ensconced in the papal villas at Castel Gandolfo since 28 February.

Rising up out of the plains southwest of Padua, these conical hills or colli were a popular retreat for the nobles and bishops of Venice, who built elaborate villas and palazzi here.

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Tucked between mega-villas in a gated community just above Valdevaqueros beach, the diminutive house is fresh and contemporary inside, with big sliding glass doors on to a wraparound terrace and a dip-in, leap-out unheated pool.

Villas-Boas's representative, Carlos Goncalves, listened over the weekend to the proposals of PSG, who are bankrolled by Qatar Sports Investments, but Villas-Boas did not give them the encouragement that they wanted.

Another striker from the 90s, Porto's Domingos Paciência, the idol of André Villas-Boas, had trouble breaking into the national team.

Everton's teenage sensation Ross Barkley, who will eventually join Anzhi in the year 2029, is a £20m target for Chelsea, whose manager André Villas-Boas is diligently pursuing the fantasy of having a team with a younger average age than his.

He was linked with the vacancy at Tottenham Hotspur following the December sacking of André Villas-Boas, but Tim Sherwood, initially caretaker manager, was duly handed the role on a permanent basis to end speculation.

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