MANOR in a Sentence

Learn MANOR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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1. The event will be held in the grounds of the manor house.
2. The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.
3. Devonshire cottages and Essex manors and a Yorkshire High Street and Port Sunlight.

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 Meanings and Examples of MANOR
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manor
 n.  the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
Classic Sentence:
1  When you have killed all your own birds, Mr. Bingley," said her mother, "I beg you will come here, and shoot as many as you please on Mr. Bennet's manor.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
2  Beyond, on the side of a slope, lie some scattered peasants' huts, a manor house, and, flanking the latter, a village church with its cross flashing like a star.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
3  Devonshire cottages and Essex manors and a Yorkshire High Street and Port Sunlight.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Front-de-Boeuf," replied John, "is a man more willing to swallow three manors such as Ivanhoe, than to disgorge one of them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  The event will be held in the grounds of the manor house.
2  The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.