: a room (as in a hospital) equipped for relaxation and recreation
Examples of dayroom in a Sentence
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Even so, Bella is enjoying her single life just fine and spends much of her time swinging and climbing in her habitat, doing gymnastics in the topmost part of the Islands indoor dayroom, or peeping down at you from above the ground in the outdoor areas.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
After inspecting the jail, an independent monitor cited instances on other floors where inmates were either alone in their cells or handcuffed to tables in the dayroom.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Some of his spades partners from the dayroom eventually joined him.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
One afternoon earlier this year, a group of new guys sat in the common area of Lancaster’s dayroom.
—Kunlyna Tauch, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
Eventually, the jailers ordered all of the inmates to the dayroom and left them there for a few hours before interviewing them about what happened.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
Another was vomiting in the trash can in the dayroom.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
He was granted other privileges, including the freedom to walk around a dayroom and to eat in the general dining room.
—Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
The station includes 10 private bunk rooms, four restrooms, a dayroom with a kitchen at one end, offices, work rooms, a locked medical supply room off the bay, and conference/training room with audio visual capabilities.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
After inspecting the jail, an independent monitor cited instances on other floors where inmates were either alone in their cells or handcuffed to tables in the dayroom.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Some of his spades partners from the dayroom eventually joined him.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
One afternoon earlier this year, a group of new guys sat in the common area of Lancaster’s dayroom.
—Kunlyna Tauch, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
Eventually, the jailers ordered all of the inmates to the dayroom and left them there for a few hours before interviewing them about what happened.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
Another was vomiting in the trash can in the dayroom.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
He was granted other privileges, including the freedom to walk around a dayroom and to eat in the general dining room.
—Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
The station includes 10 private bunk rooms, four restrooms, a dayroom with a kitchen at one end, offices, work rooms, a locked medical supply room off the bay, and conference/training room with audio visual capabilities.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
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“Dayroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dayroom. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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