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

“With so many Japanese and U.S. military bases here, we would be hit immediately,” said Rinichi Teruya, a 71-year-old innkeeper who grew up in the Okinawa town of Kadena, next to the largest U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

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

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

“I’ve got a key,” the innkeeper yelled, pounding away at the door.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt