An old vine had crept up the side of the house and onto the eaves. From LearnThat.org.
The swallow builds about the roofs of houses, under what we call the eaves, and sometimes in the corners of windows. From Wordnik.com. [Ami des enfants. English] Reference
The little window under the eaves might be a nursery. From Wordnik.com. [Cinderella At The Ball]
I thought hanging it up to dry under the eaves might be a good idea, for air circulation. From Wordnik.com. [Stripping the Willow.] Reference
Down at the eaves was the small arbor, green in summer, but covered now with dead vines and snow. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
I think the reason for the lack of a normal roof with overhanging eaves is because it’s a modular prefab house. From Wordnik.com. [Planit Prefab House by Pircher and Bestetti Associates] Reference
The shot they keep repeating of the rescue worker hacking into a roof with water up to the eaves was a Metairie home. From Wordnik.com. [The storm « BuzzMachine] Reference
The rain dripping heavily from the eaves was the only sound that came from it, and a dull glow from an engine that lay alone on a siding was the only light that was to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Blindfolded] Reference
But to fully appreciate this word, you would first need to understand the meaning of "eaves". From Wordnik.com. Reference
The eaves are a threat to me; the tiles would fall on us had they their will; the houses nod to -- to -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France] Reference
Their twittering sounded cheerily about the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Swallows built in the eaves, and daisies grew thick at the door. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
In the hot room, high up under the eaves of the little brown house. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
At left, MDS volunteer Paul Snyder removed rotten wood from the eaves of a house. From Wordnik.com. [Mennonites Raise Louisiana Houses] Reference
Add roll or bagged foam insulation almost but not quite all the way up to the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Weatherize your attic to save money and boost comfort at home year-round] Reference
A creak here, a scratch there, wind at the chimney's mouth, then groaning under the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [A House] Reference
The heavy wood beams, the magnificent chestnut eaves all date from the building's origins. From Wordnik.com. [Soul Food] Reference
He covets the privilege of the very sparrow which builds its nest beneath the sacred eaves!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
We pushed the trunk way back under the eaves, and it may be standin 'there yet for all I know. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
Install fire resistant roofs, boxed eaves, double-glazed windows and ember-resistant attic vents. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfires prompt discussion on fire resistant gardens] Reference
If you see attic insulation that ends before the eaves, leaving a gap that air can pass through. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Weatherize your attic to save money and boost comfort at home year-round] Reference
The little houses are timber-framed and whitewashed, with deep projecting eaves and often many gables. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
A little room had been arranged for him under the eaves, exactly like the one he had formerly occupied with. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The honeysuckle and the sweet briar crept up its walls; the wren and the phoebe bird built under its eaves. From Wordnik.com. [The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five] Reference
She made feverish haste to clear away and wash her dishes, that she might creep to her own room under the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Now they were nesting under our eaves, sticks, straw, grass and small triangles of plastic protruding in mid air. From Wordnik.com. [HOUSE OF DREAMS] Reference
The rain came down in buckets full, rolling like volleys of shot on the roof, pouring in sheets of water over the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The room was on the third floor in under the eaves -- as faraway from hers, probably, as the size of the house permitted. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
The yard was full of rank weeds, and damp masses of lichen and moss hung from the eaves of the house, and covered its roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
A squat, snug house, the eaves of whose steep gabled roof came down well over its two stories, like the snuffer on a candle. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Their grail: eaves that locals had long believed were used as burial sites by the Mogollon tribe who lived there 800 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Lessons Of The Tombs] Reference
Slayback's dun-colored walls was a passe-partout snowscape, night closing in, and pink cottage windows peering out from under eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
The martins chattered under the eaves, scolding some belated member of the clan who pushed noisily for a lodging-place for the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Ago] Reference
The swallows came and built in the eaves, and the daisies grew thicker than ever at the door, but great troubles fell upon Snowflower. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
The exploring party moved on and made a thorough search of the other closet ends, and the open spaces under the eaves, but without result. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
In our logging camps and at the bar, under the safety of eaves after dodging his tears in the street, we asked each other what we could do. From Wordnik.com. [Big Blue] Reference
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