: a house where lodgings are provided for rent
Examples of rooming house in a Sentence
After losing his job, he moved to a cheap rooming house.
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Writer Wallace Thurman would throw parties at his rooming house, attracting a more bohemian crowd from Harlem and the Village.
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Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Both Bump and Alvarado were residents of the rooming house, according to the DA’s office.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2024
The school submitted a letter of intent to Catholic Charities in April with the hopes of acquiring St. Christopher’s Place, a 70-unit rooming house on Marshall Avenue, and converting into student residences, but the nonprofit did not agree to a sale.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2024
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Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Both Bump and Alvarado were residents of the rooming house, according to the DA’s office.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2024
The school submitted a letter of intent to Catholic Charities in April with the hopes of acquiring St. Christopher’s Place, a 70-unit rooming house on Marshall Avenue, and converting into student residences, but the nonprofit did not agree to a sale.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for rooming house
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“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooming%20house. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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