householder
Example Sentences
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George Orwell’s 1939 novel, “Coming Up for Air,” tells the story of an unremarkable suburban London householder who is seized with a feeling of overwhelming dread by the looming terrors of war and totalitarianism.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2025
That problem is easily solved by any householder: every five to 10 years, wash the surface and repaint it—voilà!
From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2022
The householder would be expecting to receive an Amazon package and would not be suspicious!
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2018
The body turned out to be that of the householder: a wealthy and reclusive author and photographer called Allan Chappelow, aged 86.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2018
They had the same effect on me as the last standing beam of a bumt-down house would have on a householder.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
