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 center sits across the street from a park, a new affordable housing apartment building and a community health clinic.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Her character, Holly Golightly, is a young New York socialite who becomes interested in a young man new to her apartment building, only for her past to threaten to come between the two.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
Allegheny County Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death inside an apartment at the Broadmoor at Penn Center apartment building in Wilkins Township.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Her former apartment building received a blue plaque in 2021.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Her character, Holly Golightly, is a young New York socialite who becomes interested in a young man new to her apartment building, only for her past to threaten to come between the two.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
Allegheny County Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death inside an apartment at the Broadmoor at Penn Center apartment building in Wilkins Township.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Her former apartment building received a blue plaque in 2021.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
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 26 Feb. 2026.
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