: a shelter (such as a house) in which people live
Examples of dwelling in a Sentence
the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth
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Among recent one-euro listings is a four-bedroom, 100-square-meter, two-story stone dwelling in the town of Sutera, with a garage and balconies overlooking the main piazza.
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Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Reckoning takes a less obvious road to Hunt’s redemption, offering surprisingly little in the way of romance and dwelling instead on the hero’s burden in a way that recalls one of Paul Schrader’s very serious God’s Lonely Man movies.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
What To Know State Farm requested emergency rate increases of 22 percent for non-tenant homeowners, 15 percent for renters and condos, and 38 percent for rental dwelling back on February 3, right after the devastating wildfires that destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Known as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), these tiny buildings are popping up in backyards across the nation as space for in-laws, offices or rental units.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Reckoning takes a less obvious road to Hunt’s redemption, offering surprisingly little in the way of romance and dwelling instead on the hero’s burden in a way that recalls one of Paul Schrader’s very serious God’s Lonely Man movies.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
What To Know State Farm requested emergency rate increases of 22 percent for non-tenant homeowners, 15 percent for renters and condos, and 38 percent for rental dwelling back on February 3, right after the devastating wildfires that destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Known as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), these tiny buildings are popping up in backyards across the nation as space for in-laws, offices or rental units.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dwelling
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“Dwelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwelling. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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