innkeeper

Example Sentences

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“I believe everything out of the common,” says the 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

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

The innkeeper agreed to give them room and board and to forgive the rent on the stable space in exchange for the donkey.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz