How to Use tenant in a Sentence

tenant

noun
  • A tenant is now leasing the apartment.
  • Some tenants made plans to move out.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The tenant has paid all rent owed.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2026
  • No tenant for the site has yet to be named.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The first tenant was a preschool.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • The firm is one of five new tenants for the building.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Or when your tenant passes away mid-lease?
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The case was dismissed when the tenant failed to show up in court.
    — Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The first floor will be for retail tenants.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Have them in private, which means out of earshot of the tenants.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Then, the rest go to market-rate tenants.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • One of the city's largest group of tenants say they're being left out.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The statement didn’t name the new tenant.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Less tenants than the house itself.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • The first tenants at the Vivian moved in this month.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The tenants are expected to be a mix of old and new.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And those spirits are not happy about the new tenants.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There are certain banks that are willing to work with tenant groups.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • One tenant died on the scene as firefighters doused the flames.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The suburbs are where most of these tenants are landing.
    — Naveen Jaggi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The house is now painted yellow, and there are tenants.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of the first tenants seeking funding.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Most of the other tenants were lonely old ladies.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The first tenant to move in was an empty-nester, Konover said.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • That could also open it up to tenant lawsuits.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Rental prices are no more than 30% of a tenant’s income.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026
  • Landlords will be required to give them to tenants.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • While vouchers seek to give tenants more choice, many landlords refuse to take them.
    — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • That leaves some tenants worried about their housing.
    — Hamza Adel Fahmy, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Some tenants have not yet been served with notices, but said they were told to expect them.
    — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026

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