plural dorms
informal
: dormitory
In Norway, Tonya and Kerrigan were housed in the same dorm on the campus of the Toneheim Music School.—
Randall Sullivan
Randall Sullivan… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.—Karen Frantz
Karen FrantzThe pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.—Julie Zickefoose
Julie ZickefooseExamples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
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According to the outlet, the agony caused Cornett to remove her name outside her dorm room, temporarily relocate to emergency housing, switch to online classes and continue to spend most of her time in her room.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The two dorms that make up Mahoney-Pearson were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s and each house about 700 students, according to UM.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
In its earliest days when it was incubated by founder Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room, Facebook had a central goal of connecting people with their classmates, friends and family members.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Drexel University in Philadelphia was censured for not pursuing tougher disciplinary measures when a vocally pro-Israeli Jewish student’s dorm room was set on fire three days after the Hamas attacks.
—Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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David Chiu, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The two dorms that make up Mahoney-Pearson were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s and each house about 700 students, according to UM.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
In its earliest days when it was incubated by founder Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room, Facebook had a central goal of connecting people with their classmates, friends and family members.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Drexel University in Philadelphia was censured for not pursuing tougher disciplinary measures when a vocally pro-Israeli Jewish student’s dorm room was set on fire three days after the Hamas attacks.
—Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dorm
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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