boardinghouse
Example Sentences
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Eventually, Frieda leaves and moves into Gulls Nest, a seaside boardinghouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
She rents a boardinghouse room barely long enough to fit her outstretched body.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022
I don’t know how I’ll ever go back to boardinghouse living after this.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
