How do you use Roommates in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Roommates meaning
plural of roommate
Using Roommates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of roommate
- In the example corpus, roommates often appears in combinations such as: roommates and, her roommates, his roommates.
Context around Roommates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roommates
- In this selection, "roommates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, female, kids, began, get and move stand out and add context to how "roommates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and her roommates in the and and his roommates. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roommates" sits close to words such as accountants, admirable and assembling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roommates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His roommates were always talking about how they finished. (9 words)
During his current stay, Söderberg shares a room with three roommates. (11 words)
Affleck and Damon aren’t roommates any more, but they are still collaborators. (13 words)
A former Atomwaffen member named who lived with Russell in Tampa, killed two of their roommates in 2017 and subsequently told authorities they had been planning attacks on U.S. nuclear plants and power lines. (35 words)
If you're concerned with keeping kids, roommates, or neighbors on the other side of a thin wall undisturbed, you'll want a robot vac that's been hyped for its sound level. (33 words)
It makes sense why Jimmy knows because he and Clark were roommates in college, but as for Lois, it's a more complex issue that needs to tread lightly with. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
The victim said that his roommates would be home and was told to tell his roommates that the couple were friends of his.
Mike and BD started Doonesbury as roommates; they were not roommates in Bull Tales.
Affleck and Damon aren’t roommates any more, but they are still collaborators.
A former Atomwaffen member named who lived with Russell in Tampa, killed two of their roommates in 2017 and subsequently told authorities they had been planning attacks on U.S. nuclear plants and power lines.
A student at Lanzhou University said when the quake struck, she first went to hide in the bathroom with her roommates, before running down 12 floors amid violent shakes.
But soon after their son David was born, Agee's female roommates began spying on her mothering behavior to her newborn son.
Della said Kess told her he and Christy O were friends and roommates, only to realise he has been forcing her to pay their house rent.
During his current stay, Söderberg shares a room with three roommates.
Gold, 19, and her three roommates were in their two-bedroom, 18th-floor suite on April 2 when they heard what sounded like an explosion coming from above.
He enjoys playing with his roommates, and he has a history of getting along well with kids and dogs.
His roommates were always talking about how they finished.
If you're concerned with keeping kids, roommates, or neighbors on the other side of a thin wall undisturbed, you'll want a robot vac that's been hyped for its sound level.
In April, Kohberger’s attorneys had a witness subpoena served in Nevada to one of the two roommates who went unharmed in the knife attack, court records showed.
In January, Mr. Chun managed to pull resources together to finance the operation for the software engineer and Ms. Lee and her two roommates.
In the situation that you have described, you are not “roommates” but tenants with separate rental agreements, said Steven Ben Gordon, a tenant attorney in Queens.
It is taboo for us to talk about housing issues, but it isn’t taboo for us to talk about how much all of our roommates get along.
It makes sense why Jimmy knows because he and Clark were roommates in college, but as for Lois, it's a more complex issue that needs to tread lightly with.
Jess is adorable and hilarious, and her roommates in the loft are also a lot of fun.
Jumlana was able to settle in a place with lots of space between him and his roommates.
Logline: When four mismatched roommates move in together, hilarity and chaos ensue as they navigate their way through life, love, and the occasional dirty dish.
Common combinations with roommates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- roommates and 20×
- her roommates 17×
- his roommates 16×
- roommates in 15×
- the roommates 14×
- my roommates 14×
- two roommates 12×
- with roommates 10×
- roommates were 9×
- were roommates 9×