Recent Examples on the WebAfter resorting to desperate measures by burning down a boardinghouse and stealing money and a palomino horse, Tom and Polly set out for San Francisco.—Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024 Others managed to scramble onto the roof of an adjacent boardinghouse.—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences.—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024 An early shower scene in New York City, when Tom is still living at the crummy boardinghouse, gives us both extremes, with the light from the showerhead forming a kind of halo around Tom’s head and the churning water emerging from the shower drain an excess of murk.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boardinghouse
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