plural dorms
informal
: dormitory
In Norway, Tonya and Kerrigan were housed in the same dorm on the campus of the Toneheim Music School.—
Randall Sullivan
Randall Sullivan… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.—Karen Frantz
Karen FrantzThe pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.—Julie Zickefoose
Julie ZickefooseExamples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
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Sister Jean lived in student dorms on and off starting in 1978, and would lead weekly prayer groups with students.
—News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Made the short walk back down the hill, sat in the spartan dorm room that was my home for the next nine months.
—Sarah Chamberlain, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Incarcerated people could not leave their cells or dorms.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
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News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Made the short walk back down the hill, sat in the spartan dorm room that was my home for the next nine months.
—Sarah Chamberlain, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Incarcerated people could not leave their cells or dorms.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dorm
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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