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

But Ms. Rolikova, the innkeeper, thought it was important to see it, and so she opened the padlocked door to reveal a palimpsest of Russia over the past century.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 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

The innkeeper scowls, but I'm already pulling up a stool to the table for the flame-haired boy.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz