Above it, large and airy, with extensive verandahs parallel to the harbour, was the old Customs, and it was this that had been transformed into a hospital.
In Java, as in other tropical countries, the hotels are large one or two storied buildings, with rows of rooms opening upon broad verandahs screened with bamboo blinds, and arranged round courtyards planted with trees.
First, there is the business quarter, the oldest, where the houses are tall and built in the style still prevalent in the warm countries of Europe, with balconies and verandahs and widely projecting eaves, and where the streets are narrow.
Others hung their open cells underneath verandahs and eaves of houses.
It is curious to note that the large black wasp that makes its nest under the verandahs of houses and eaves of huts, and has had to deal with man as his principal foe, flies directly at the face when molested.
Men still come and go, but those same verandahs and rooms seem empty and deserted.
What goings and comings we used to see, how merry were the rooms and verandahs with the hum of conversation and the snatches of laughter!
Attwater's settlement is to be entirely overshadowed everywhere by tall palms; see photographs of Fakarava: the verandahs of the house are 12 ft.
All night it blew; the roof was continually sounding under missiles; in the morning the verandahs were half full of branches torn from the forest.
Outside were great balconies and verandahs commanding, as the following morning proved, a very splendid view of a very bleak sea.
The warm late September sunshine shed a golden glow upon the thatched roofs of the cottages and made every bright-coloured pot that hung under the verandahs gleam with many-hued and dazzling reflections.
These wooden verandahs are in a greater or lesser state of repair and smartness, and under the roof of every verandah hang rows of the same quaintly-decorated and picturesque earthenware jars.
Verandahs or dining-rooms were used on Sundays; and at Meerut, an edifice was actually built for the purpose of a riding-school in the week, and a place of worship on Sunday.
They gathered together in one of the deep red brickverandahs of a disused lock-up and congratulated Ortheris, who bore his honours modestly.
It had one large room in the centre, and a bedroom on either side with a small semicircular room in front and rear of the centre room; there was one bathroom (I speedily added more), and verandahs nearly all round.
The porticoes or narrow verandahs above them on the second story are in fine taste.
The very circular verandahs of the rich men's dwellings expand like the ample vests of trustees and directors after dinner.
It will be noted that these verandahs are raised from the ground-level to a height of about 3 feet in order that latex may be gravitated, with a slight fall, into the coagulating tanks which are within the factory.
The loading verandahsor platforms are of ordinary 'seriah' timber.
An indication of types of verandahs is given in Chapters VII.
At the back of the temple outside, close to the verandahs of which I have spoken, there is a small idol of white alabaster with six arms;[431] in one it has a .
They have pillars, and are all open, with verandahs inside and out, where they can easily put people if they desire, so that they seem like houses belonging to a king.
Great verandahsand balconies all round the central courtyard and garden.
Outside were plenty of sun and air, a grand, spacious courtyard with beds of flowers, and arched verandahs with large cushions to sit on and lean against.
From the shelter of the verandahs of the houses along the streets crowds of Chinese laughed at our miserable plight, as our small steeds splashed through the pools and their riders sat huddled up in misery under the pitiless rain.
They are generally of more than one story, well built of brick, with thick walls and verandahs along the fronts of the upper floors.
Along the fronts of its three stories run verandahs with arched colonnades.
These deep verandahs are very pleasant, for they render window-blinds unnecessary; so there is nothing of that dark stuffiness which makes indoor life a trial in the closed, shadeless Australian houses.
These lattices and single and double verandahs are gorgeous with trailers, and the general warm brown tint of the houses contrasts pleasantly with the deep green of the bananas which over-shadow them.
After supper, when the day's work is done, people take their lanterns and visit each other, either in the verandahs or in the cheerful parlours which open upon them.
The verandahs of all the native houses were crowded with strangers, who had come in to share in the jubilations attending the king's visit.
There are several smaller detached buildings, in which the sleeping apartments are situated, and which are also provided with verandahs and barred windows.
The houses are all of wood, and generally have verandahs overhanging the street.
The streets are wide and handsome, and the buildings in European style, with deep verandahs and arcades, all built of stone.
The ground was covered with snow, and there were several degrees of frost, but the sun felt hot, and all the people were sunning themselves in the doorways or wide verandahs of their houses.
It consists of a series of low wooden detached buildings, mostly one story high, with verandahs on both sides, built round a long courtyard, in the centre of which are a garden and some large trees.
All round in the verandahs lamps were lighted, so that the place shone abroad in the dusk of the trees with many complicated patterns of shadow.
It is two storeys high and has verandahs round both floors.
They are built of dark wood, and stand on posts, with wide verandahs and thatched roofs, are nearly always embowered in great trees, and have a luxuriant growth of plantains and trees around.
I had the verandahs all closed in with branches of trees, and carpets put down and lamps put up, and the house looked a great deal larger.
Wright and I have been down two or three times to arrange his house, and put up his curtains, and he had enclosed all his verandahs with branches of trees and flowers, so that it really looked very pretty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "verandahs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
