apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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According to Allard, the collision caused the bus to veer off the road and onto the lawn of a nearby apartment building.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2024
Officials said that while the shooting is still under investigation, police believe that an upstairs neighbor in the apartment building fired shots, the outlets reported.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Frisco Police said Williams stole Berk's Toyota Camry and left him in the apartment building's parking lot.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
James Panero, executive editor, The New Criterion: There’s a new dog in my apartment building named Ozymandias.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2024
Officials said that while the shooting is still under investigation, police believe that an upstairs neighbor in the apartment building fired shots, the outlets reported.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Frisco Police said Williams stole Berk's Toyota Camry and left him in the apartment building's parking lot.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
James Panero, executive editor, The New Criterion: There’s a new dog in my apartment building named Ozymandias.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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