lodging house
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
At issue appears to be the legal definition of short-term rentals versus a bed-and-breakfast or lodging house.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2019
Everything else loomed large—the condition of the tenements, the perils of the ghetto, the moral dangers of the kitchenette, the risks presented by too many bodies forced into the cramped rooms of the lodging house.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 9, 2019
When her partner, Thomas Kelly, told the coroner she was “walking the streets” that night, he very clearly explained that she had to walk around because she couldn’t afford a lodging house bed.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2014
They reached the port at the river’s mouth to find every hotel, every lodging house, every private room commandeered by soldiers.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
