as in boardinghouse
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of flophouse
Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.
—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.
—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment.
—
Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Nov. 2016
See All Example Sentences for flophouse
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.
—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.
—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment.
—
Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Nov. 2016
See All Example Sentences for flophouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
-
Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
-
As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
Noun
-
Kenya’s deadliest school fire in recent history occurred in 2001 when 67 students died in a dormitory fire in Machakos County.
-
While attending Carnegie Mellon University in 1996, Baer launched his first startup in his dormitory, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Noun
-
The film has become a classic in the 27 years since its release, with the poster for the movie becoming a staple of many college dorm rooms, but the movie was not considered a success upon its release.
-
What if the most radical act of welcome wasn't a policy or a program — but a dorm room sitting empty all summer?
Noun
-
Yolanda Reyes is an administrative assistant at Baby's Space, which is just blocks away from the encampment.
-
Officers found the 9-foot-tall, 1,500-pound bronze figure about a mile away, near the intersection of Coyote Creek and Five Wounds Trail – around the Jungle, which was once the city’s largest homeless encampment.
Cite this Entry
“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
