Sample sentences for COMMODIOUS

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Definition

large and roomy

a commodious building suitable for conventions

I told them that I wished to rent a furnished house not too near the town, commodious enough to allow for two separate suites of rooms.
Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea

commodious = large and roomy

I worked at a commodious green-topped table placed directly in front of the west window which looked out over the prairie.
Cather, Willa -- My Antonia
My cottage is clean and weather-proof; my furniture sufficient and commodious.
Bronte, Charlotte -- Jane Eyre
In every Court, ample and commodious provision is made for the accommodation of the citizens.
Dickens, Charles -- American Notes for General Circulation
This house yields to its landlord over two hundred a year, or rather more than the rent of a commodious mansion in South Kensington.
Shaw, George Bernard -- An Unsocial Socialist
In it was a large, commodious hatch, leading to the lower deck.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- Pellucidar
do more for an almond than he for a commodious drab.
Shakespeare, William -- History of Troilus and Cressida
This is its harbour of refuge, a sure, commodious, and mysterious one, sheltered from all gales.
Verne, Jules -- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
She changed her gown for a more comfortable and commodious wrapper.
Chopin, Kate -- The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
The great ocean and the commodious steamship filled her with awe.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- The Son Of Tarzan
And even now that Commodious is strangled, I don't see a way to our bettering ourselves.
Dickens, Charles -- Our Mutual Friend
This convenience, I was told, had been ordered, and I found, toward the close of the June afternoon, a commodious fly in waiting for me.
James, Henry -- Turn Of The Screw
a commodious harbor
The chariots themselves were large, commodious, and gorgeously decorated.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- A Princess of Mars
"It's a six-roomer, exclusive of kitchens," said Mr. Guppy, "and in the opinion of my friends, a commodious tenement.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
Instead, a comparatively large and commodious chamber with conveniences not enjoyed by the small fry overhead.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
(He walks over to the rack) You know the King's impatience, how commodious it is!
Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
They are, in truth, scanty enough; but — " I interrupted — "My cottage is clean and weather-proof; my furniture sufficient and commodious.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
My mother's room is very commodious, is it not?
Jane Austen -- Northanger Abbey

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