Examples of housemate in a Sentence
In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates.
The TV belongs to my housemate.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jersey Shore Family Vacation The original Jersey Shore housemates relive their glory days while on vacation.
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Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
The victims were housemates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21 and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well as Kernodle's boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
The man's mother and sister met officers outside the house and told them Kersey was holding a housemate at knifepoint, police said.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Drama! Meet all the housemates below: Minee, @mineemarx Minee is 22, lives in WA and works as a model.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2023
Do your Summer House housemates know the good news?
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
All three housemates spent most of their days doing heroin, with Costello’s sister popping by for visits.
—Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Two surviving housemates in an off-campus University of Idaho rental home in Moscow, Idaho, were awake and texting each other during a massacre that left four of their friends dead last November, according to a new report.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023
Pennsylvania Community Rallies to Find Kevin Bacon, a Footloose Pet Pig on the Run
Esther's friendship with her fellow animal housemates, particularly pit bull mix Shelby, became a hit online.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
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Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
The victims were housemates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21 and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well as Kernodle's boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
The man's mother and sister met officers outside the house and told them Kersey was holding a housemate at knifepoint, police said.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Drama! Meet all the housemates below: Minee, @mineemarx Minee is 22, lives in WA and works as a model.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2023
Do your Summer House housemates know the good news?
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
All three housemates spent most of their days doing heroin, with Costello’s sister popping by for visits.
—Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Two surviving housemates in an off-campus University of Idaho rental home in Moscow, Idaho, were awake and texting each other during a massacre that left four of their friends dead last November, according to a new report.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023
Pennsylvania Community Rallies to Find Kevin Bacon, a Footloose Pet Pig on the Run
Esther's friendship with her fellow animal housemates, particularly pit bull mix Shelby, became a hit online.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1593, in the meaning defined above
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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housemate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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housemate
noun
house·mate
-ˌsmāt 
: a person who lives with another in the same house
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