How to Use residence hall in a Sentence

residence hall

noun
  • The exact date and time depend on the residence hall and floor.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Even students who do get residence hall rooms face issues with the age of the buildings.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Student returned to residence hall and did shower.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • One major change was placing its only residence hall in Louisville on the market this spring.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Students can do a lot to conserve energy in their residence hall or dorm room, Howett said.
    — Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And in 2024, a residence hall building at Grinnell was named for her.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Agents visited her residence hall on March 13 and have showed up at her parents’ house, her lawyers said.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Police reported a car struck another vehicle, veered off the road and came to a stop in front of the residence hall.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The residence hall is floored with a luxury vinyl tile, according to Ortiz.
    — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Agents visited her residence hall on March 13 and also showed up at her parents’ house.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • And 95% of our students who lived in the residence hall were culinary, baking and pastry students.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
  • When it was built, the residence hall was the first new student housing to be constructed on the Storrs campus in six years and nearly two decades before that.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
  • He was created by a group of students living in San Sebastian, a residence hall on campus.
    — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Images of the skinned bear in the residence hall kitchen have circulated on social media, notably Reddit.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes wireless printers can also interfere with the residence hall's Wifi connection, which is why some dorms ban them.
    — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • According to local reports citing police, the shooting occurred in a residence hall on campus.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • She was last seen at her residence hall on campus, wearing a blue or gray jacket, dark-colored or red yoga-style pants and white platform sneakers, authorities said.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • There was a dedication of a residence hall that had been named for her, along with an outstanding faculty award and a student scholarship fund, also in her name.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Gustavus will be piloting a pet-friendly residence hall for students in their second year or beyond in good academic standing who want to live on campus with a dog or cat.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Grinnell College honored her by awarding her an honorary doctorate and naming a residence hall after her.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
  • During that time, a major project for the firm was the construction of Humphreys Hall, a residence hall on the UA campus.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Construction on the residence hall project began in August 2024.
    — Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
  • One was assaulted in the residence hall when the teen returned from outdoor recreation, Hardtke said, and was taken to the hospital for treatment and released.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • Corcoran Hall is a residence hall located on the northeast side of the university’s campus.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • After being denied entrance to the residence hall, they were later found disrupting a local business, the university said.
    — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Mount Holyoke will use the money for a campus transition to geothermal energy and renovating its residence hall.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The residence hall could make the Hartford campus more attractive for students who couldn’t get into UConn’s main campus in Storrs.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
  • The University of Houston's Board of Regents has approved a new residence hall for students.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Two University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint outside a residence hall Sunday.
    — Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The individuals were denied access to the residence hall, according to Temple.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'residence hall.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: