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How to use lodge in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Lodge means a building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. Example: “The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.”

Examples of lodge by meaning

nounA Native American home, such as teepee or wigwam.

  • "In my lodge there is only one woman."1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 28

nounA family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned...

  • The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.

verbTo be firmly fixed in a specified position.

  • The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.

verbTo firmly fix in a specified position.

  • I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

verbTo stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

  • The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.

verbTo stay in any place or shelter.

  • It then becomes necessary for the men to lodge away from home, and at places on the system where large numbers require accommodation regularly, the L.M.S.R. maintains 43 permanent staff hostels.1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Hostels for Trainmen”, in Railway Magazine, page 75

verbTo place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).

  • to lodge a complaint
  • Powers that are lodged with the cabinet.

verbTo become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

  • The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge.

More sentences with lodge

  • The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.From the entry minority
  • The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.From the entry traverse
  • The locktenders awoke to a bargeful of timber lodged against their headgate.From the entry bargeful
  • Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.From the entry pig
  • My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.From the entry quicksand
  • They lodged a protest with the authorities.From the entry protest
  • Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.From the entry seg
  • My first time toking up was out of a plastic water bottle with bud lodged in the cap.From the entry toke up
  • Snarge can be a wad of a Canada goose lodged inside an airplane engine.2022 April 14, Jason Bittel, “‘Snarge’ Happens, and Studying It Makes Your Flight Safer”, in New York Times, archived from the original on…. From the entry snarge
  • A deck was just the thing this lodge needed to give it some zhuzh.2021, Diane Kelly, Getaway With Murder (The Mountain Lodge Mysteries; 1), →ISBN. From the entry zhuzh
  • She could see the roof of the little lodge house, but where was the door in?2019, Sue Lawrence, Down to the Sea. From the entry lodge house
  • There were a few small outbuildings and stabling next to the lodge house.2017, Helen Maskew, On The House. From the entry lodge house
  • Also that no Fellow, within the lodge or without it, shall misanswer or reprove another, without cause.2013, John Yarker, The Arcane Schools. From the entry misanswer
  • The hard little pebble lodged in my brain is lighting up again.2008, Mark Wernham, Martin Martin's on the Other Side, Jonathan Cape, page 261. From the entry spoodge
  • Furthermore, nutria engage in the outright destruction of muskrat lodges to create nesting habitat for themselves.2000, National Wetlands Newsletter, Volumes 22-23, Environmental Law Institute, page 8. From the entry nutria
  • Peacocking may take place in legislatures and lodges, churches and chain stores.1997, Emily Toth, Ms. Mentor's impeccable advice for women in academia, University of Pennsylvania Press, page 66. From the entry peacocking
  • The hollow, transparent tooth of a cone snail can remain lodged in the puncture wound.1997, Craig Thomas, Susan Scott, All Stings Considered: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Hawaii's Marine Injuries, passage 25. From the entry textile cone
  • The seclusion lodge houses circumcision initiates, keeping them separate from the rest of the community.1996, Jerry D Moore, Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes, page 140. From the entry seclusion lodge
  • He went in further and found a red drink huggie lodged in her intestine.1996 April, Julia Spalding, “Sick as a Dog”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 19, number 9, page 107. From the entry huggie
  • The huts were seclusion lodges, where we were to live isolated from society.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 30. From the entry seclusion lodge
  • Sometimes the bias is lodged in the method of doing research.1990, The Invisible Majority. From the entry overgenderize
  • Their luggage and car will be moved on ahead to the next participating lodge.1985, Elizabeth Noren, Gary Noren, Ski Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: Nodin Press, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry ski-through
  • Three lodges—Borderland, Gunflint Lodge, and Bearskin Lodge—have initiated a ski-thru program.1982 November, Mitch Mode, “Update: Cross Country Midwest”, in Dick Needham, editor, Ski, volume 47, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Times…. From the entry ski-thru
  • The earth shook itself like an animal on whose back a predator has lodged.1981, Tanith Lee, Delusion's Master, New York: Daw Books, Prologue, page 30. From the entry curvet
  • There's "dudeing" with all the trimmings, excellent food and rooms at the lodge or individual cabanas.1949, Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: O.D. Keep Associates, →OCLC, page 22, column 3. From the entry dude
  • We also sew and do fancy work, which we sell for the benefit of the lodge.1922 November, “Loyal Star Department: Cedar Rapids, Iowa”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 27, number 11, Kansas City: Brotherhood of…. From the entry kensington
  • Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 126. From the entry thick
  • The justificatory statement in the appeal may be lodged at the same time as the appeal itself.1917, Lewis Hertslet, editor, A Complete Collection of the Treaties and Conventions … Between Great Britain and Foreign Powers, volume 27…. From the entry justificatory
  • Sebastian Riedel lodged a complaint with TPF board, which he says was railroaded by a board member—therefore, Riedel quit.2021 August 14, Jim Salter, quoting Sebastian Riedel, “The Perl Foundation is fragmenting over Code of Conduct enforcement”, in Ars Technica. From the entry railroad
  • Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164. From the entry gallery
  • Some forams allow single-celled algae to lodge on the surface of their bodies, rather as tropical coral do.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 291. From the entry foram

Meaning of lodge

  1. noun A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
  2. noun A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
  3. noun A local chapter of a trade union.

Full definition of lodge

Questions about lodge in a sentence

How do you use lodge in a sentence?
Lodge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.”
What is a short sentence with lodge?
“to lodge a complaint”
What does lodge mean?
Lodge means a building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

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