Examples of housemate in a Sentence
In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates.
The TV belongs to my housemate.
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The chairperson of Queens Community Board 9, Sherry Algredo, traveled to Lakhwinder’s home to offer her condolences for his housemate’s death.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Her prank of lying in wait for each of her housemates, bombarding them with a Super Soaker, and then enlisting them in her eco-army of Seussian extremists was just pure wonderful delight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Longer shots from the cast include Colm Feore and James Jordan as Norris’ colleagues and housemates, Nathan and Dale; and Mark Collie as the local sheriff, Walt.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
Two months later, LaSota resurfaced in Pennsylvania, where state police, investigating the murder of the parents of a Rationalist named Jamie Zajko, found her in a hotel room rented to Zajko’s housemate, Daniel Blank.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Her prank of lying in wait for each of her housemates, bombarding them with a Super Soaker, and then enlisting them in her eco-army of Seussian extremists was just pure wonderful delight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Longer shots from the cast include Colm Feore and James Jordan as Norris’ colleagues and housemates, Nathan and Dale; and Mark Collie as the local sheriff, Walt.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
Two months later, LaSota resurfaced in Pennsylvania, where state police, investigating the murder of the parents of a Rationalist named Jamie Zajko, found her in a hotel room rented to Zajko’s housemate, Daniel Blank.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housemate. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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housemate
noun
house·mate
-ˌsmāt 
: a person who lives with another in the same house
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