How to Use housemate in a Sentence

housemate

noun
Definition of housematenext
Synonyms for housematenext
  • In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates.
  • The TV belongs to my housemate.
  • The housemates found him on the back porch and told him to leave.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • All the items stolen belong to Gronk’s housemates, though.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 21 June 2018
  • The housemates then headed to the beach, where Carl and Danielle, 36, tossed around a football and caught up.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Kiehl and her five housemates each pay about $400 per month, Kiehl said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 15 May 2020
  • Four new housemates joined the show last week, but were not allowed to talk about the virus, the channel said.
    — NBC News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • My housemates were a doughy white Rhodesian and a tall boy from Hong Kong.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Bullis at the time was living in Champaign with a group of polyamorous housemates.
    — Jamie Munks, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
  • With this power, Martin could choose which housemates would be on the block for the week.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • One housemate saw a broken bat in the kitchen a few hours later.
    — John H. Tucker, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
  • That was us—my housemate and me, plus two friends who live alone nearby.
    — Laurie Penny, Wired, 18 June 2020
  • When the housemate walked into the room, Josie Burko was gasping for breath, Schuler said.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Crossing paths with her boyfriend’s best friend and housemate wasn’t on the agenda.
    — Kimberly Bridson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The suit claims that the four housemates agreed to pay $2,030 a month in rent starting last October.
    — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 16 May 2017
  • Starting with five people, the group grew to eight or nine housemates.
    — Tom Clynes, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2017
  • One was from a bunch of housemates who planned to leave Jessica tethered in the yard.
    — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
  • The 92-year-old Frankel was killed in her Kensington home in July; a young housemate has been charged in the case.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Number of housemates: Two humans (R and P) and two dogs.
    — refinery29.com, 24 July 2024
  • By a vote of 10 to 1, Kenney Kelley was the third housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
  • My housemate is not a geek, but sometimes civilians have much to teach us.
    — Laurie Penny, Wired, 13 Dec. 2020
  • His housemate, dumped in the desert with him, managed to flag down a passing sheriff’s deputy.
    — Christopher Goffardstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The costs of parties may increase and so do the guest lists, which extend beyond the 10 housemates’ friends or even friends-of-a-friend.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Rachel’s scheming doesn’t end there, though, and soon Sydney has to team up with her housemates to save their home, the school, and maybe find love along the way.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2017
  • The black trash bag full of day-old doughnut your housemate dragged out of the dumpster and deposited in your kitchen.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2019
  • One of her housemates gives her a tranquillizer and puts her to bed.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • Crash will be happy to have the company, as long as his housemates know who’s boss.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The third housemate, prosecutors said, ran to his bedroom and closed the door.
    — — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 19 May 2018
  • Acting out Like many children who have suffered abuse or neglect, acting out and breaking rules became a way of life for Grace and Destiny and their housemates at the group homes.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The actress never fully manages to connect the dots, and Robyn’s journey from abrasive housemate to concerned, moral authority is muddled at best.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024

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