boarding house
Example Sentences
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They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The great playwright’s drama about a Pittsburgh boarding house comes to Broadway in an uneven production starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Gladys' mother, Catherine Kearney, was a servant working at a boarding house in Drogheda in Ireland when she became pregnant.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024
They had run a boarding house in Coatesville, but abandoned the business and left town as the scandal garnered national attention, she said.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
There’s a German boarding house at the end, where soldiers stay, mostly the ones who are with the police.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
