Get to know Lodger better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like boarder or tenant.
Lodger in a sentence
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Lodger meaning
A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
Using Lodger
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
- Useful related words include: boarder, roomer, tenant, renter.
- In the example corpus, lodger often appears in combinations such as: celebrity lodger, lodger and, fellow lodger.
Context around Lodger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lodger
- In this selection, "lodger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, celebrity, fellow, ever, sharon, flaxman and reached stand out and add context to how "lodger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a celebrity lodger and became and a celebrity lodger by itv. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lodger" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lodger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The famous victims in The Lodger are all blondes. (9 words)
In 2010, the Eleventh Doctor similarly calls himself "the Eleventh" in " The Lodger ". (13 words)
After the breakup with Farthingale, Bowie moved in with Mary Finnigan as her lodger. (14 words)
An example of his financial embarrassment is when he is desperate for a pint of beer at his local pub, but has run out of pocket money and is ashamed to cadge a drink off his fellow lodger, Flaxman. (39 words)
He appears as a lodger who lives in a closet. citation He appeared on Down and Dirty with Jim Norton as the series DJ, and also wrote the theme music. (30 words)
At the time the couple were sleeping in separate bedrooms, after Cora had a fling with a lodger, and Crippen had begun a passionate affair with his secretary, Ethel. (29 words)
Example sentences (16)
Benjamin Atkins’ prison sentence has been increased after he murdered and dismembered a lodger before leaving his body parts along Bournemouth seafront with his girlfriend.
During Osbourne’s appearance on the reality series as a celebrity lodger, she and Irish talent manager Walsh made several comments about famous faces including Cowell.
On Monday night, 12 brand new housemates were unveiled as part of ITV’s CBB revival, alongside the show’s first ever “lodger”, Sharon Osbourne.
Osbourne, 71, was referred to as a "celebrity lodger" by ITV and left the show after eight days.
Sharon, meanwhile, ended her one week stint in the Big Brother house as a celebrity lodger and became emotional as she was greeted to cheers by the crowd.
At the time the couple were sleeping in separate bedrooms, after Cora had a fling with a lodger, and Crippen had begun a passionate affair with his secretary, Ethel.
After the breakup with Farthingale, Bowie moved in with Mary Finnigan as her lodger.
An example of his financial embarrassment is when he is desperate for a pint of beer at his local pub, but has run out of pocket money and is ashamed to cadge a drink off his fellow lodger, Flaxman.
Flaxman – fellow lodger, a salesman, travelling representative of the Queen of Sheba Toilet Requisites Co., temporarily separated from his wife.
He appears as a lodger who lives in a closet. citation He appeared on Down and Dirty with Jim Norton as the series DJ, and also wrote the theme music.
He became infatuated with his landlady's daughter, Eugénie Loyer, but was rejected after confessing his feelings; she was secretly engaged to a former lodger.
In 2010, the Eleventh Doctor similarly calls himself "the Eleventh" in " The Lodger ".
K. returns home to find Fräulein Montag, a lodger from another room, moving in with Fräulein Bürstner.
Lodger reached number 4 in the UK and number 20 in the US, and yielded the UK hit singles " Boys Keep Swinging " and " DJ ".
Part 3: After prison Since his parents are now renting his room to a lodger, Alex wanders the streets homeless.
The famous victims in The Lodger are all blondes.
Common combinations with lodger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: