rooming house

Example Sentences

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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

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

While Melvin Glover continued to make music with another member of the group, Scorpio, Mr. Glover was soon working a temp job and living in a modest Bronx rooming house.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

If the gossip ran rampant and Ba tried to force me to marry, I could still get another job and move into some cheap rooming house.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu