: a house where lodgings are provided for rent
Examples of rooming house in a Sentence
After losing his job, he moved to a cheap rooming house.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 1950, a Joanne Smith, of the correct age of twenty, was working as a receptionist at a bank in Minneapolis, living in a rooming house.
—
Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
State laws for tourist rooming houses focus on health and safety standards.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
By the middle of the 20th century, the handsome brownstone had been chopped up into a rooming house, and in the early 1980s, it was reconfigured with one apartment on each of its five floors.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
Once at the scene of the crime, Schapiro made his way across the street to a rooming house from where he was told the gunman had shot King.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rooming house
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
State laws for tourist rooming houses focus on health and safety standards.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
By the middle of the 20th century, the handsome brownstone had been chopped up into a rooming house, and in the early 1980s, it was reconfigured with one apartment on each of its five floors.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
Once at the scene of the crime, Schapiro made his way across the street to a rooming house from where he was told the gunman had shot King.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rooming house
Cite this Entry
“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooming%20house. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
