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

The introverted Ms. Grade acknowledged that she was a most unlikely innkeeper.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2024

“With so many Japanese and U.S. military bases here, we would be hit immediately,” said Rinichi Teruya, a 71-year-old innkeeper who grew up in the Okinawa town of Kadena, next to the largest U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

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

He has been traveling for six hours, at least, and has been assured by the innkeeper that the journey would end before dark.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison