flatmate

Example Sentences

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Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The best she and her flatmate could do, she says, is to have movie nights in a box room that they also use to hang their washing.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

His flatmate, Michael Caine, took the role instead and it launched his career.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

She had been working for a publishing company in Paris and, days before her 21st birthday, took a hike in the Gorges du Verdon with her flatmate.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins