lodger

Example Sentences

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Recognizing her as a fellow lodger, Sellers sent his valet to knock on her door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

While he and his lodger informally split costs, Oliver covers all the housing payments.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

With conditions somewhat cramped at his sister's home, Richard moved into the house of Ma Smith, where Philip was a lodger.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

“If it was a house, I’d be a lodger or a tenant or whatever you call it in America,” he laughs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

The mother, however, accepted a chair offered by one lodger.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka