householder
Example Sentences
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The court previously heard the householder, who cannot be named for legal reasons, temporarily moved out when video footage emerged online claiming an earlier incident assumed to be an accidental electric fire was started deliberately.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
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
He filled a pot-bellied stove from a small coal scuttle, for all the world a kindly German householder entertaining a guest.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
