Thesaurus results for INN

inn

noun

ˈin

as in hotel

a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests we decided to stay at an inn rather than keep driving all night

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Recent Examples of inn The backstory The hotel first opened in 1961 as a 74-room inn catering largely to golfers and travelers drawn to the dramatic bluffs overlooking this once-wild stretch of southern California coastline. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026 Visitors can take the shuttle over to Bar Harbor for a variety of restaurants, inns and tourist offerings without leaving Mount Desert Island. —

Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 Instead, opt to spend your vacation at one of several charming inns that dot the island. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026 More to Explore To import horses across land routes, the Mughals built roads and set up travelers’ inns known as caravanserais. —

Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inn

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That program has been moving thousands of residents into hotels and motels, a fourth of whom are in permanent housing.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Impressively, 94% of the property’s waste avoids landfill— miraculous for a hotel of this size—with it either being recycled, donated, or made use of in the hotel grounds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026