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How to use inn in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Inn means any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. Example: “John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night.”

Examples of inn by meaning

nounOne of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

  • the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

verbTo lodge or house (someone or something).

  • I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone.2018 [1607], Thomas Middleton, Michaelmas term and a trick to catch the old one, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 27

More sentences with inn

  • John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night.From the entry rn
  • The pitcher is struggling to throw strikes but there's no room at the inn.From the entry no room at the inn
  • He stopped for two weeks at the inn.From the entry stop
  • This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer.From the entry beseem
  • They settled down at an inn.From the entry settle
  • For this reason he was called Sleipnir ("the slipper) and was given to Oðinn as his steed.2020, Dagulf Loptson, Pagan Portals - Loki: Trickster and Transformer. From the entry slip
  • He left the inn to find the night man who serviced the place.2017, Jennifer Taylor, Echoes of the Moon, →ISBN. From the entry night soil
  • The wooden latrine had a red metal roof–the Philmont lingo for which is a “red roof inn”.2010, Joseph Torlucci, Out In God's Country, Tonight - An Adult's Re-Experience of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico, Lulu.com…. From the entry Red Roof Inn
  • The hotel occupies a Tudor vicarage, Georgian doctor's surgery and the ageless inn.2009 August 29, Chris Mugan, “The shed that rocks”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry door post
  • The natural wood furniture and earth-tone decor reflect the organic essence of the inn.2007, Tamra Monahan, Colorado's Best Bed and Breakfasts: 100 Unique Getaways, page 170. From the entry earth-tone
  • Kristín Ómarsdóttir’s collection focuses on an obscure, nearly forgotten servingwoman working in an old country inn.1994, World Literature Today, volume 68, page 833. From the entry servingwoman
  • We drove around until we spotted a white, stucco, "Greekesque" motor inn.1993, Peter McGehee, Beyond happiness: the intimate memoirs of Billy Lee Belle, page 18. From the entry Greekesque
  • Ryoteis usually look like traditional Japanese inns or even private homes.1986, Fodor's Japan. From the entry traditional
  • Stay in a 17th-century ryokan (inn) and enjoy ham and eggs for breakfast.1972, The New Yorker. From the entry time stands still
  • The dinner served at the inn had a most Quixotic flavor.1963, Homer D. Crotty, Glimpses of Don Quixote & La Mancha, page 22. From the entry quixotic
  • Excellent inn, the George, plainly the best in Lichfield, and staffed with good, kindly people.1945, Nikolai Tolstoy, quoting Patrick O’Brian, “‘The smallest habitation I had ever seen’”, in Patrick O’Brian: The Making of the…. From the entry Miss Austenish
  • The inn was about the dirtiest that I had been in for many a long day.1916, Record of Christian Work, volume 35. From the entry bitesome
  • Because space is tight around the university, doubleparking is permitted in front of the inn to allow for check-in.2007, Tom Snyder, The Two-Lane Gourmet, →ISBN. From the entry doubleparking
  • Here you can stay in a tranquil Japanese-style inn for a taste of hot-springs bathing in your own room.2007, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 92. From the entry Danshuei
  • In numerous studies throughout the centuries, the figure of Óðinn has been read in a surprising variety of ways.2006, Annette Lassen, “Textual figures of Óðinn”, in Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, editors, Old Norse Religion in…. From the entry Óðinn
  • What an immense difference civility in an inn does make.1945, Nikolai Tolstoy, quoting Patrick O’Brian, “‘The smallest habitation I had ever seen’”, in Patrick O’Brian: The Making of the…. From the entry Miss Austenish
  • As the two topped the ridge there burst on them the strong scarlet light of a red-curtained English inn.1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown. From the entry amplitude
  • Hercule--that is my husband's name, citizens--asked the corporal what the Committee of Public Safety wanted with us poor hoteliers of a wayside inn.2017 July 17, Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (illustrated), →ISBN, →ISBN. From the entry hoteliers
  • "He took her papers, sweeping his quick eyes over the receipts for show, nodded and began the tour of his inn himself gesturing flourishly."2015, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor. From the entry flourishly
  • The inn also offers adventure packages, including ziplining and a truck safari, where a military vehicle chugs up the side of a muddy mountain.2008 May 6, Katie Zezima, “Can M-U-D Really Spell M-O-N-E-Y?”, in The New York Times. From the entry chug
  • Used by a wholesaler or retailer as a wine cabinet, the ambry cupboard suited the needs of a neighborhood inn or small-scale private kitchen.2004, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Kitchen History, page 128. From the entry ambry
  • There were no shortages of places for refreshment in Fowey for, as well as the little 'kiddlies', it was well off for inns and taverns.1993, Judith Cook, To Brave Every Danger, page 11. From the entry kiddly
  • A novice nip, newly arrived in London, went one afternoon to the Red Bull in Bishopsgate, an inn converted to a playhouse.1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 27. From the entry nip
  • When I crossed the Amur River to Ai-hun, I learned that the innkeeper of a Chinese inn there was a Japanese woman.1977 [1958], Ishimitsu Makiyo, “Flower of the Moorlands [Kôya no Hana]”, in Guides to Japanese Culture, Tokyo: Japan Culture Institute…. From the entry Chichihaerh
  • In the Cotswolds, though the towns are small and sweet and the inns snug, the general habit of the land is bleak and bare.1921, A. E. Coppard, “Dusky Ruth”, in Adam & Eve & Pinch Me. From the entry habit
  • We're just about a couple of miles from a market town where abides a nice little inn whence petrol can be obtained."1920, Margaret Pedler, chapter 29, in The Hermit of Far End. From the entry middle of nowhere
  • On the evening of March 6, Wenchuan was reached, and a fairly comfortable inn was found in which they made their headquarters for some time.1911, W. N. Ferguson, Adventure, Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 87. From the entry Wenchuan
  • Having deposited our baggage in an inn at the south gate, we went to the north gate, hoping to hear something of Mr.1906, R. Wardlaw Thompson, Griffith John: The Story of Fifty Years in China, London: Religious Tract Society, →OCLC, page 415. From the entry Ying-shan
  • She had been forced to bathe in the washbasins of the inns along the route, giving herself what her old nursemaid would have called “a lick and a promise.”2014, Margaret Weis, Robert Krammes, The Seventh Sigil. From the entry lick and a promise
  • Ducasse is pursuing plans for a new hotel one hour from central Tokyo, a cross between a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn, and an auberge, a French country inn.2008 April 27, “Gift to the Mailroom, From the Boardroom”, in New York Times. From the entry ryokan
  • He soon comes back to land, makes a largely undescribed blót sacrifice to Óðinn, and receives confirmation of his god's approval in the flight of two cawing ravens.2006, Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and…. From the entry blót
  • Sushi chef Niki Nakayama and her cousin Sayori Onozuka, who handles the hot dishes and assists with sushi, trained in Japan at an inn owned by Onozuka’s parents.2003 September 24, Barbara Hansen, “Sushi, rich in creativity”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry sayori
  • Some of the hospitate buildings of the abbey were rebuilt in the 14th century, but in the 15th the more profitable plan was adopted of providing inns.1947, Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, page 43. From the entry hospitate

Meaning of inn

  1. noun Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  2. noun A tavern.
  3. noun One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

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Questions about inn in a sentence

How do you use inn in a sentence?
Inn is used as a noun and verb. For example: “John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night.”
What is a short sentence with inn?
“They settled down at an inn.”
What does inn mean?
Inn means any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

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