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

She had been working for a publishing company in Paris and, days before her 21st birthday, took a hike in the Gorges du Verdon with her flatmate.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Later, he spoke to his flatmate and Glasgow team-mate, the prop Murphy Walker.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

“And . . . your flatmate, she hasn’t noticed that you don’t go to work every day?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins