How to Use motel in a Sentence

motel

noun
  • Movies about and for motel rooms.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Sundae screamed, and the whole motel heard her.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Police searched the motel room and found drugs, a cell phone and a gun.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • How did the New York motel fire start?
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • He was told to leave the car parked and stay in his motel room for the rest of the night.
    — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Their small motel room had thin walls and one bed; Jess slept on the floor.
    — Andrea Stanley, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Full houses were renting for the same price as the motel room.
    — Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Lee agreed to stay in a motel room while the meeting happened.
    — Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
  • She was found there and said her belongings were at the motel.
    — cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • The boy's body was later taken to the motel where he was found.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021
  • The couple dukes it out in a seedy motel parking lot.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
  • Cribbs was found with stab wounds in a motel room rented by Rogers.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Police said they were told the man had been staying at the motel about a week.
    — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The motel parking lots that line the town’s main artery were empty.
    — Sam Metz and Janie Har, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Families left their homes, with many forced to stay in motels or with friends.
    — Terrance Friday, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The flames tore through the one-story area of the motel's back building.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • In his dim motel room, flies and dust swirled through a slanted blade of sunlight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • The sheriff added that the two had paid for a 14-day stay at a motel in the area.
    — Talal Ansari and Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 11 May 2022
  • Hall referred The Bee to the motel.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Debbie had arrived back at the motel the night before to find the room was a wreck.
    — Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • They are headed to a motel, hoping to come back to safety.
    — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • The detective rushed to the motel which is a six-minute drive from the murder scene.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • How is the motel project there in Raleigh, the Gables, coming along?
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Love motels like Teixeira’s are ready and willing to fill the gap.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Healey has pledged to close all hotels and motels serving as shelters by the end of the year.
    — Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
  • Yong Prince plans to retire and has a contract to sell her motel at the end of next month.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The bones of old motels and bars and restaurants litter the route, beaten by time and the desert sun.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • As the neighborhood got shabbier, so did the motel.
    — Max Kutner, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026

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