(n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Olney wanted to be an artist and he set off for Paris, where he found himself a garret in which he could make portraits and a new life among friends, lovers and acquaintances that included the black American writer and civil rights pioneer James Baldwin, WH Auden and, distantly, Edith Piaf, whom he saw sing Je ne Regrette Rien for the first time at the Olympia theatre.
(2) Garret FitzGerald, the Irish taoiseach, or prime minister, knew he had an uphill task in persuading Thatcher of the need for an agreement.
(3) The 2001-02 season would be the one you're looking for, Garret, when the trio of Bolton, Fulham and Blackburn steered clear of the drop.
(4) DON'T YOU OPEN THAT TRAP DOOR "It's looking like there's every chance that Derby, Birmingham and Sunderland will be getting relegated after one season," notes Garret Thornton.
(5) The focus of infestation were house rats (Rattus rattus) living in the garret.
(6) Using part of this sequence as a hybridisation probe we have cloned and sequenced a structural gene encoding human polypeptide highly homologous with two mammalian proteins, bWRS [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817; EMBL accession No.
(7) But the Seanad has given Ireland some of its most high-profile political figures, including Mary Robinson , Garret FitzGerald and Conor Cruise O'Brien .
(8) His fortunes dipped and he spent the last years of his life living in a garret in central London.
(9) USA 87, 3508-3512] and bovine tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase [M. Garret, V. Trezeguet, B. Pajot, J. C. Gandar, M. Merle, M. Guegiev, J. P. Benedetto, C. Sarger, J. Alteriot, J.
(10) A structural gene encoding bovine (b) tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) has recently been cloned and sequenced [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817].
(11) And those soliciting money aren’t just bohemians starving in garrets – many of them are well-known names.
(12) A possible risk for the health of man can not be excluded if rooms are located directly in contact with dovecotes or garrets colonized with wild doves.
(13) The theme of the starving writer finding authenticity in the forced asceticism of the garret is a sub-theme in this series.
(14) Personally I would take draining my brothers' resources or starving in a garret if familial bonds of duty and obligation failed (and yes, John Dashwood, I'm looking at you, you sod) or were abruptly severed by their untimely deaths and inadequate will provisions, over marriage to Mr Collins.
(15) If I was ill, I used to be isolated in the bedroom garret.
(16) "I think the virtue of starving in a garret is romantic nonsense, and am convinced I'd be a better writer if a generous benefactor regularly wrote me large cheques. "
(17) Control measures against Ornithonyssus bacoti, which were successful within a short time, included eradication of the rats, closing of the hole in the ceiling, acaricide application in the garret and intensive cleaning of the living-room, the baby's nursery table, pram and bassinet.
(18) I didn’t have any sex, I didn’t do any drugs, I didn’t go to any parties.” Was he attempting to live out the idea of the reclusive artist, starving in his garret?
(19) Garret FitzGerald, the man credited with liberalising Ireland and helping start the peace process, has died aged 85.
Garrot
Definition:
(n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
(n.) The European golden-eye.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rumours swirl of a higher death toll, the use of poisonous gas and the body of a pregnant woman garrotted by pro-Ukraine fanatics.
(2) The screens of the handsets shown on the site as "the hottest phones at the coolest prices", meanwhile, depict scenes including a fight between two snowmen, which appears to culminate in decapitation, garrotted turkeys and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer's severed head.
(3) Ultrasonography shows the intraluminal thrombus better than phlebography, since the gastrocnemic veins, which bypass the larger deep veins, can be opacified only after a garrot is placed above the knee.
(4) Acute separation of the trachea can occur with trauma to the neck, either by garrotting or direct blunt force.
(5) Strangulation techniques include hanging, throttling, garrotting, and chokeholds.