Examples of bow window in a Sentence
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Scale-like trim and a bow window hide alongside drop-ceiling tiles and carpet, a reminder that the structure was built in the early 1900s.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Additionally, there’s a drawing room with bow windows, a family room, and an office.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
Charles Jones Photography Sun streams in through the bow window bump-out in the living area.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
There are four balconies in total and a bow window, which Matisse was photographed in front of in 1938.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
Another popular style of projection window is the bow window.
—Lia Picard, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
The views from the Park Hotel are breathtaking and for this reason, the bow window in the drawing room became a real focus during the renovation.
—Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 15 May 2022
The setting, next to Hampton Court bridge with a bow window over the water is superb, a proper nod to post-Puritan life that resonates today.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
The living room to the right of the entrance includes a south-facing bow window shaped by the house’s tower, and one of several (nonworking) fireplaces.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 13 May 2020
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Additionally, there’s a drawing room with bow windows, a family room, and an office.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
Charles Jones Photography Sun streams in through the bow window bump-out in the living area.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
There are four balconies in total and a bow window, which Matisse was photographed in front of in 1938.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
Another popular style of projection window is the bow window.
—Lia Picard, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
The views from the Park Hotel are breathtaking and for this reason, the bow window in the drawing room became a real focus during the renovation.
—Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 15 May 2022
The setting, next to Hampton Court bridge with a bow window over the water is superb, a proper nod to post-Puritan life that resonates today.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
The living room to the right of the entrance includes a south-facing bow window shaped by the house’s tower, and one of several (nonworking) fireplaces.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 13 May 2020
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First Known Use
1679, in the meaning defined above
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“Bow window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bow%20window. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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bow window
noun
: a usually curved window that sticks out from the side of a building
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