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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Smollett, who is gay and Black, claimed that two men had attacked him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs outside of his apartment building in Chicago.
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Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
That development also calls for a four-story, 43-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of North King Drive and West Chambers Street.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
On July 11, two men allegedly fired into an apartment building from the lot after hearing gunshots nearby and observing a green laser on one man’s daughter.
—Pj Green
september 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
The Arvada Police Department arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a 29-year-old woman’s body inside of a black box next to a dumpster near an apartment building.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
That development also calls for a four-story, 43-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of North King Drive and West Chambers Street.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
On July 11, two men allegedly fired into an apartment building from the lot after hearing gunshots nearby and observing a green laser on one man’s daughter.
—Pj Green
september 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
The Arvada Police Department arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a 29-year-old woman’s body inside of a black box next to a dumpster near an apartment building.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.
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