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Recent Examples of flophouse
Sometimes flophouse management compromises by allowing microwaves in the common food area.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
Voodoo is the least of what’s been going on in the flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
Voodoo is the least of what’s been going on in the flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flophouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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The dormitory’s entrance will be off Pratt Street and could provide a boost, adding up to 200 students to the area.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Both documents allege Fleming and two other San Jose State players snuck out of the team hotel in Colorado the night before the Oct. 3 match, and went to the dorm room of Colorado State player Malaya Jones.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Alongside its many functional offices and dorms, the complex contains a post office, gym, movie theater, an outdoor food court and a dining hall, a recreational pool and a large gathering plaza used to host outdoor entertainment and social functions.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Officers tracked Gomez to a nearby homeless encampment, where he was allegedly involved in a second violent altercation, according to police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 June 2025
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The encampment at the Hyde Park school lasted eight days before being raided by campus police.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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