innkeeper

Example Sentences

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Often have I recalled the scene in John Buchan’s spy thriller “The 39 Steps” when the protagonist, Richard Hannay, tells his true but unlikely story to an innkeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Shelley Hunter, an innkeeper from Quincy, Calif., says airlines should be able to exclude kids from some flights.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

The innkeeper, for instance, is infatuated with a guest named Jack, an actor who may also be a fugitive; he claims to have pensions from both the Confederate and Union armies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Audience members also got a glimpse of Olivia Colman as a Cockney innkeeper and Sally Hawkins as Wonka's mother.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

“We’ll need to have ourselves a second line in case they get through,” said the innkeeper.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi