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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april 20, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
These two beacons of truth and connoisseurs of mess have been bonded for over a decade, sharing the traumas of a crappy Boston dorm room and a pitiful Brooklyn dating scene.
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Students took a video that showed police responding to the campus dorm.
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Eventually the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked Lane down to his freshman dorm room.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Jack Harvel
april 20, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
These two beacons of truth and connoisseurs of mess have been bonded for over a decade, sharing the traumas of a crappy Boston dorm room and a pitiful Brooklyn dating scene.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Students took a video that showed police responding to the campus dorm.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Eventually the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked Lane down to his freshman dorm room.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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