rooming 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.

This explosive, eye-opening work came from Ivy League professor Desmond moving to a trailer park and rooming house in a poverty-stricken part of Milwaukee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Georgia Kemp, a cook at the Elks Club, invited him to move into her rooming house at 20th Avenue and East Madison.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Johnson said he helped Arias-Lopez move several times, most recently a few years ago into a rooming house off Georgia Avenue where another man who attended the church also lived.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

At a rooming house, for example, tenants didn’t need to buy sheets and towels, dishes, or furniture.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2022

I was one of the very few males in this rooming house.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey