How to Use housemate in a Sentence

housemate

noun

• 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
• Emile was sure to capture the hearts of audiences and housemates alike.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Number of housemates: One: my fiancé, J (and our cat, C).
  — refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
• 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
• But the housemates’ biggest drama appeared to be a disagreement over the price of raw chicken.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024