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How to use dormitory in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Dormitory means a room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. Example: “Though the majority wanted to expand the dormitory, the maior et sanior pars decided on increasing the library's collection.”

More sentences with dormitory

  • Though the majority wanted to expand the dormitory, the maior et sanior pars decided on increasing the library's collection.From the entry maior et sanior pars
  • The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle.From the entry gender-neutral
  • It's become a bit of a dormitory town in some ways for Teesside.2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 60. From the entry dormitory town
  • She called to Julian as he went to the boys' dormitory.1952, Enid Blyton, Here's the Naughtiest Girl. From the entry dormy
  • The Remove dormitory echoed to the old, familiar sound of Bunter's hefty snore.1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Kidnapped from the Air. From the entry hefty
  • Police tracked down a 32-year-old wanted man, surnamed Dang (鄧), to a dormitory in Hsinchu County's Hukou Township, reported TVBS.2023 July 17, Keoni Everington, “Migrant worker stabs cop, compatriot in north Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 17…. From the entry hukou
  • Residents agree that a little boy in feeted pajamas and with toys makes the dormitory feel like home.1978 May 16, “Ole Miss dormitory son has loads of sisters for comfort, visiting”, in The Greenwood Commonwealth, 82nd year, number 116…. From the entry feeted
  • These wharepuni are in themselves fully fledged meeting-houses, although the decoration inside is simple, in accordance with their function as dormitories.1954, Forefront: A Monthly Survey of New Zealand Affairs, volumes 1–5, London: High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom…. From the entry meeting-house
  • In Hsin-chu in the northwest, crowds set fire to the city hall, the Monopoly Bureau branch office, the courthouse, information office, and mainlanders' dormitories.2013, George Katsiaficas, Asia's Unknown Uprisings, volume 2, PM Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page…. From the entry Hsin-chu
  • Next we went Walmarting, where Shanti picked up more stuff for college, like sports bras in purple, white, and black and a hot water heater for dormitory tea parties.2016, Janet L. Furst, Everyday Truth of a Rainbow Woman, Balboa Press, →ISBN. From the entry Walmart
  • The landslide crushed eight temporary dormitory rooms in Ganquan county, which is part of the city of Yan’an in Shaanxi province, according to the local government.2014 October 10, “Landslide in northwest China kills 19 road workers”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022. From the entry Ganquan
  • Anyone who has lived in a dormitory, apartment building, or shared house knows that sounds of lovemaking are some of the most uncomfortable things to hear while trying to sleep.2011 September 20, Jon Bittner, “Loud Sex Is A Billion Dollar Problem”, in Forbes. From the entry lovemaking

Meaning of dormitory

  1. noun A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
  2. noun A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
  3. noun A dormitory town.

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Questions about dormitory in a sentence

How do you use dormitory in a sentence?
Dormitory is used as a noun. For example: “Though the majority wanted to expand the dormitory, the maior et sanior pars decided on increasing the library's collection.”
What is a short sentence with dormitory?
“She called to Julian as he went to the boys' dormitory.”
What does dormitory mean?
Dormitory means a room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

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