How to Use hostelry in a Sentence

hostelry

noun
  • Over the years, the hostelry grew to more than 110 rooms with a conference center.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • In light of the city’s new broader appeal, local hostelry has upped its game considerably.
    — Andrew Ferren, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
  • These properties permit residents to avail themselves of the same pampering high-end amenities enjoyed by guests of the hostelry.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The Oriental Hotel, then the premier hostelry in the city, was not large enough to satisfy their grandiose civic ambitions.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Both the bar and the hotel are theatrical simulacra of a glamorous Art Deco watering hole and hostelry.
    — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 July 2017
  • Today, some version of Pisco Punch is served in a number of San Francisco hostelries.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • In August the government stopped issuing new licences to restaurants and hostelries, supposedly to fight tax evasion.
    — The Economist, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Built from the bones of a 12th-century hostelry, its hub is a vast, glamorous lounge bar complete with mixologists shaking modern-day mocktails under the ancient beams.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
  • The originality resides in the array of talented artists who’ve been brought in to consult on and contribute to a hostelry that owes almost as much to curation as commercialism.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • Naturally, that aesthetic includes big, welcoming fireplaces, the heart of any New England hostelry.
    — Linda Laban, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Construction is already underway on several smaller hostelries.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • Back in Spain, where the hostelry business had been riding high before the pandemic amid robust growth and record tourism numbers, entrepreneurs face similar tough choices on whether or not to resume operations.
    — Jeannette Neumann, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • The name reflects the fact nature is infused into every aspect of the hostelry, from luxuriant plantings to the names given the 179 guest rooms, each a reference to a different bird or flower.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The property originally opened in 1926 as an exclusive women's hostelry, and has recently been remodeled.
    — Lea Winkler, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Over the decades, the saloon has taken on various incarnations — a post office, stage depot and a hostelry — morphing to suit the needs of a developing community along a popular emigrant trail.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Michael Willson, a spokesman for the Zachary, said the hostelry began operations on opening day 2018 and has been popular with baseball fans, business travelers and vacationers.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The 231-room hostelry, which greets its visitors with a proto-modern red brick facade, incorporates everything from Norwegian folklore motifs at the entrance — carved into the stone bas-reliefs — to Scandinavian Art Deco touches within.
    — Kurt Soller J.s. Marcus Monica Mendal Gisela Williams Adam H. Graham Chris Schalkx Michaela Trimble, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Located in the West Loop at the intersection of May Street and Washington Boulevard, this three-story hostelry was restored in 2016 by Vero Design + Build and architects Kara Boyd and Krista Petkovsek, and Siren Betty Design.
    — Brian E. Clark, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025

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