: a house where lodgings are provided for rent
Examples of rooming house in a Sentence
After losing his job, he moved to a cheap rooming house.
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Officers responded to the report of an altercation involving numerous people at a rooming house in the 350 block of Park Avenue just after midnight on Tuesday, according to Det.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Riverlawn was a project of apartments and barracks-type rooming houses adjacent to Frontier.
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Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Police said a woman was stabbed multiple times inside a rooming house on the 5500 block of West Girard Avenue in West Philly on Sunday.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
In town there are rooming houses and cottages for one or two families, built for millworkers.
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Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Riverlawn was a project of apartments and barracks-type rooming houses adjacent to Frontier.
—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Police said a woman was stabbed multiple times inside a rooming house on the 5500 block of West Girard Avenue in West Philly on Sunday.
—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
In town there are rooming houses and cottages for one or two families, built for millworkers.
—
Literary Hub,
12 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rooming house
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“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooming%20house. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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