apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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The film delves into the then-trendy topic of the occult, adapting Ira Levin’s best-selling novel about a pregnant woman (Mia Farrow) in a stylish Manhattan apartment building who slowly realizes that her husband (John Cassavetes) is in league with the Satanists downstairs.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The outlet further reported that the home was in an apartment building.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
This $88 million project calls for 304 units of affordable and senior housing, to be spread across town houses and three-story apartment buildings.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The project includes a seven-story, 505-unit market-rate apartment building, a five-story, 132-unit, 100% affordable apartment building and 100 for-sale townhouse units configured in 14 three-story buildings.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The outlet further reported that the home was in an apartment building.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
This $88 million project calls for 304 units of affordable and senior housing, to be spread across town houses and three-story apartment buildings.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The project includes a seven-story, 505-unit market-rate apartment building, a five-story, 132-unit, 100% affordable apartment building and 100 for-sale townhouse units configured in 14 three-story buildings.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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