How to Use massage parlor in a Sentence

massage parlor

noun
  • Chris Wilburn talks about the morning raid at west side massage parlor.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2018
  • He was cleared of a rape charge and death threats against an employee of a massage parlor.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • Xing, who ran three massage parlors, could be a nasty boss, scolding or firing those who crossed her.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Seuzeneau said a handful of massage parlors have opened in Slidell in the last year or so.
    — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Five other massage parlors were closed a week earlier, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Shutting them down is not as simple as rounding up the men and women in the massage parlor.
    — Jenifer McKim and Phillip Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Some guys across the road cackled at a joke between them, leaning on a massage parlor’s windows.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
  • He will also be restricted from going near massage parlors and spas.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • This could include places like pot bars, movie theaters, yoga studios, and massage parlors.
    — Timothy Naimi, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
  • Two years later, he was accused of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her.
    — Sam Mednick, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • All hair and nail salons, barber shops, spas, massage parlors and tattoo parlors must close their doors to the public.
    — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Setsuko reluctantly agrees, and sticks to her promise even though the school, in a dicey part of town, looks like a massage parlor.
    — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • She's climbed atop and made out with all three in various unique locations, like a pool table, massage parlor, and fishing boat.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 3 July 2019
  • Due to the alarm going off, Rempuszewski came out of the massage parlor and was taken into custody.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Last week, a gunman killed eight people in shootings that targeted a massage parlor and two spas in and near Atlanta.
    — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • On the same block, near Cheshire Bridge Road, there is another massage parlor, a tattoo shop and a strip club.
    — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Simmons said the city made Varner agree to some limits for the project — like that there can’t be any tattoo shops, package liquor stores nor massage parlors.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 26 June 2018
  • With Luis' support, Roach opens a janky massage parlor below the empanada joint in an effort to start a new chapter.
    — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • The Live With Kelly & Mark set has been many things to many people over the years, from a foot massage parlor to a wrestling ring.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The other four are related to shootings at a massage parlor in Cherokee County.
    — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The company owns Thermae-yu, a bath and spa in a Tokyo red-light district that features a massage parlor, a pub and all-night service.
    — Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The film was to have been a biopic of Gill, the late proprietor of a massage parlor and prostitution business in Pittsburgh.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 13 July 2018
  • Sunny's Place massage parlor and Jacquie's Gourmet Cafe sustained damage.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
  • On Rue Sainte-Catherine, prostitutes lined up outside the entrances to the strip clubs, massage parlors, and video booths.
    — Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
  • More than a dozen search warrants were also executed at massage parlors, the attorney general's office said.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The movie follows the lives of Chinese immigrants working at a massage parlor in Queens, where their dreams are disrupted by sudden tragedy.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This includes beauty and barber shops, gym and fitness studios, health and beauty spas and massage parlors — perfect for de-stressing after the holidays.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • These systemic forms of violence cannot be divorced from the brutal killings of massage parlor workers in the Atlanta area on March 16.
    — Elena Shih, Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the officer also saw the owner of the massage parlor, identified as 55-year-old Ying He, in the parlor.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Biden was taking a round-trip flight to Atlanta to meet with Asian-American community leaders in the wake of the massage parlor massacre.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021

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