boarding house
Example Sentences
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The resident who has lived at the boarding house the longest is Bynum, and Mr. Santiago-Hudson, who has both appeared in and directed Wilson’s plays, gives the most rounded and captivating performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” arguably the finest work in August Wilson’s 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Gladys' mother, Catherine Kearney, was a servant working at a boarding house in Drogheda in Ireland when she became pregnant.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024
She had turned her considerable home into a boarding house, which was normally patronized by lost travelers.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
