flatmate

Example Sentences

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Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

"You don't have to be connected with everyone all the time," said his flatmate Hannah Steiner, 23.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Her flatmate later contacted the police on her behalf.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

His flatmate, Odion Eboigbe from Nigeria, was with him, pulling others through the wreckage of the mangled vehicle - an electric-powered bus whose batteries are thought to have caught fire.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins