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.
  • At that time, the housemates agreed to stop the game.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
  • The housemates found him on the back porch and told him to leave.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Just enough time to snap some selfies and scare your housemates.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That was us—my housemate and me, plus two friends who live alone nearby.
    — Laurie Penny, Wired, 18 June 2020
  • One housemate saw a broken bat in the kitchen a few hours later.
    — John H. Tucker, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Levy allegedly claimed that a housemate may have jumped on her.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Starting with five people, the group grew to eight or nine housemates.
    — Tom Clynes, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2017
  • A little this, a little that, and a whole lot of love from his housemates.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In the morning, Mortensen said none of their four housemates were up.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Crossing paths with her boyfriend’s best friend and housemate wasn’t on the agenda.
    — Kimberly Bridson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Most of my housemates call me Dad or Daddy.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When a man went away for a weekend and left his window open, his housemate shut it for him.
    — Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Still in his scrubs, he’s greeted by one of his five housemates, lounging on the porch.
    — Kent Babb, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2026
  • One of her housemates gives her a tranquillizer and puts her to bed.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • Kiehl and her five housemates each pay about $400 per month, Kiehl said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 15 May 2020
  • Emile was sure to capture the hearts of audiences and housemates alike.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The couple shares three children and used to be housemates with Bell.
    — Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Crash will be happy to have the company, as long as his housemates know who’s boss.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Bullis at the time was living in Champaign with a group of polyamorous housemates.
    — Jamie Munks, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
  • Over eight episodes, the housemates tackle a new set of real-world questions.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 June 2026
  • There was #dating, where housemates helped each other with affairs of the heart.
    — The Economist, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Big Brother’s house has a fresh coat of paint and will welcome a new crop of housemates.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
  • With this power, Martin could choose which housemates would be on the block for the week.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Cats can even tell if their feline housemates have been to the vet — because their aroma will have changed.
    — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • One was from a bunch of housemates who planned to leave Jessica tethered in the yard.
    — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
  • My housemates were a doughy white Rhodesian and a tall boy from Hong Kong.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024

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