tenement house
Example Sentences
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Aug. 7, 1883: A building in Mount Vernon, New York that the New York Times describes as “the pickle-works and tenement house of George Frieschel” burns down.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2020
A wealthy young man causes a stir within his family when he decides to purchase a tenement house in the ghetto.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019
“That means an obligation to the coal-miners and sharecroppers, the migratory workers, the tenement house dwellers and farmers who cannot make a living.”
From Time • Oct. 3, 2017
Why was Lady Judith Martellon living in a tenement house and patronizing the bar of the Green Man?
From Time Magazine Archive
And above me, on the back landing of the tenement house next door, I saw a half dozen boys begin to shout.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
