How to Use residence in a Sentence

residence

noun
  • They were granted residence in this country.
  • He recently ended his residence at the apartment complex.
  • Pro-Trump signs on display in the front yard of a residence near the town of Charleroi.
    Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The sale of the single family residence in the 100 block of Bayo Vista Ave.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Byrd was not in the residence and police could not find or reach him by phone.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The drone observed one of the suspects fleeing from the back of the residence, police say.
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Four adults and two children lived at the residence that burned down, Alkire said.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The sale of the single family residence in the 1700 block of Shenandoah Ave.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The first shooting occurred in the 5000 block of Jay Street NE inside a residence.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • He was brought to Downing Street in 2011, at the age of four, and tasked with controlling rats that had been seen at the residence.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • At times, Lucero slept in a tent steps from her former residence, the Madison on Skid Row.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most of Rogers’ collection are on a shelf in his residence in Jupiter.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Police had received a tip that the monkeys were at the residence.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Photo : The Agency Oklahoma The barn and sports court is a short walk from the main residence.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
  • Around 20 minutes later, a car is seen backing out of the driveway of the residence.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Once the position of the main residence had been established, there was the rest of the grounds to consider.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The assailant fired at three vehicles and six houses, though none of the victims was in a residence.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Designed by Andrew Flake, who has shaped the look of residences on Martha’s Vineyard for more than three decades.
    Mary Forgione, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The center would like to have an artist in-residence and caretaker of the property.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
  • My bank promised to overnight a new card to my address but then sent it to the wrong address – my U.S. residence instead of my Swiss address.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Even these showplaces, though, aren’t likely to be full-time residences.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2023
  • He’s been spending a lot of time at home, serving house arrest at his Salt Lake City residence in Utah.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
  • While there, deputies spotted Baker leaving from the back of the residence, heading for a wooded area.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Rescue units responded to the scene and both subjects were pronounced dead in the residence.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There's no excuse not to know this unless your legal residence is a cave.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The sale of the single family residence at 2208 Glenbury Ave.
    cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One thought is for Arena to host companies from other parts of the country for year-long residences.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On the wall of the living area hangs a tall drawing by Dave Muller of a collection of record-album spines, a nod to the fact that rock royalty is in residence.
    Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023
  • His phone was traced by police, who discovered that Davis' phone had pinged to a cell tower near the victim's residence on Dec. 24.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Slusser's very first residence at the university was shared with Fleming, her lawsuit alleged.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024

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