plural dorms
informal
: dormitory
In Norway, Tonya and Kerrigan were housed in the same dorm on the campus of the Toneheim Music School.—
Randall Sullivan
Randall Sullivan… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.—Karen Frantz
Karen FrantzThe pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.—Julie Zickefoose
Julie ZickefooseExamples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
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While there is no official bed bug season, August through October often see an uptick in infestations as those summer tagalongs find new homes and head off to dorm rooms alongside college students.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
So there's an Entourage-goes-to-campus straightforwardness to the setup (the only lodging Earn can find is in a fan's dorm room) even as the details immediately bend in cheekily nightmarish directions.
—EW.com, 10 June 2024
The university also argues that the new dorms will bring in more students, helping erase its budget deficit and also providing a larger audience to view the paintings in the collection.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2024
All three teens were arrested within 36 hours, with police noting that four students had signed out of the dorms and only three had returned.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 May 2024
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John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
So there's an Entourage-goes-to-campus straightforwardness to the setup (the only lodging Earn can find is in a fan's dorm room) even as the details immediately bend in cheekily nightmarish directions.
—EW.com, 10 June 2024
The university also argues that the new dorms will bring in more students, helping erase its budget deficit and also providing a larger audience to view the paintings in the collection.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2024
All three teens were arrested within 36 hours, with police noting that four students had signed out of the dorms and only three had returned.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 May 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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