| 单词 | roomer |
| 例句 | Daddy Clidell was to look after me but I was more or less left on my own recognizance and under the unsteady gaze of our lady roomers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps another roomer had moved, or lost his job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Since my menu included mushrooms, I would need to learn yet another set of skills and join yet another club, the semi-secret society of wild mush- roomers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “We take in roomers to help out. We just simple people here. You can call this home, if you got a mind to. The rent’s three dollars.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We had a succession of roomers, bringing and taking their different accents, and personalities and foods. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps another roomer had moved, or lost his job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A roomer down the hall began a patient, continuing cough against the quiet night. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me she had only one other roomer, a quiet gentleman who worked nights and whom I should probably never see. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With so many people living in every rooming house, "Even if the law required it, how could landlords build enough shelters for every roomer?" he wonders. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z It follows Edwards from The Knick to the distinct subculture of the African American boarding house where he, though a gainfully employed professional, lives with working-class roomers who see him as an elitist snob. REVIEW: The Knick 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z "And if roomers built their own shelters – me and Joyce living in a kitchenette, for instance. . . . How would we keep the other roomers out in case of a raid?" With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z He lives in my skin like a disreputable roomer in a cheap boarding house. Is journalism killing my creativity? 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z “This frightened me, given how the situation is now,” said one Spanish-speaking respondent, when asked to explain why she did not report three of the four roomers living in her residence. Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “The house was divided up into sleeping quarters to accommodate 28 roomers,” he wrote, adding, “The crammed quarters were extremely unsanitary and posed an imminent hazard.” Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows to Elite New York Real Estate 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z There, both Mr. Warren and Airbnb argued that certain language in New York’s administrative code allowed lawful boarders, roomers and lodgers to stay in an apartment like Mr. Warren’s for less than 30 days. Bucks Blog: A $2,400 Fine for an Airbnb Host 2013-05-21T18:41:13Z The owner has put in a sort of caretaker, and the roomers get board outside—it's better than what they were having. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The chapter needed roomers to help pay the rent for the Frat. house. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Most of my roomers aren’t so bad, but this last couple runs me ragged. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z She is a widow and anxious to get roomers.” Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines There is a roomer on the floor below that has got a little girl who will come in and kinda look after Billy when I am out. Living Up to Billy Then and only then may parent and child become comrades, not fellow-boarders and roomers and hoarders, but fellow-travelers and sojourners alike along life's way. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home But the room's been vacant since spring, and roomers in summertime are as scarce as snowballs. The Deaves Affair I only wanted to say that I've sent three more roomers over to your house—she'll be only too glad, I know. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Mrs. Murphy explained that the bathroom was just down the hall and that her only other roomer was the cashier of a downtown department store. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines She was not an observant child, and there was such a succession of "roomers" in the house that a stranger's face aroused little curiosity. Clark's Field "I told him we had never kept roomers or boarders, but he said he liked the place—for me to speak to you, and he would call again." Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike Say, if there's ever a fire I bags the new roomer to save—that is until I get a look at her. The Deaves Affair Every resident receiving a roomer, a boarder, or even a guest from another city must make immediate return to the police. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue A printed card in one of the lower front windows indicated that roomers were wanted. The Film of Fear She had her widow's pension and her roomers, and her expenses would be considerably lessened by the death of the incompetent veteran, who would no longer be begging money for his "reunions." Clark's Field Mrs. Conworth, the landlady, reported the disappearance of her two roomers on August first, a week after she last saw them. Made in Tanganyika At the meetings of these various societies she was constant in attendance, so in her absence her roomers “made hay,” as David termed it, cooking their provender and illicitly performing laundry work in the bathtub. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West A host of housing surveys present realistic pictures of actual conditions of physical existence from the standpoint of the hygienic and social effects of low standards of dwelling, overcrowding, the problem of the roomer. Introduction to the Science of Sociology From the sign in the window, to the effect that roomers were wanted, Duvall concluded that the Ford girl did not take her meals in the house. The Film of Fear But these men were better dressed than any roomers and talked in tones of authority and conscious position. Clark's Field Just think how nearly all the roomers in this house spent last Christmas—most of 'em sittin' by their lone selves in their rooms, and some of 'em just eatin' every-day things! Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales The rear of that house collapsed and the landlady and about thirty of her roomers were killed. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The advertisements led her into a dozen parts of the city frequented by roomers, the lonely, gray, detached people who dwell in other people’s houses. The Job An American Novel The restaurant serves excellent meals both to roomers and to transients. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 In the rooming-house, with her aunt and uncle and the transient roomers, naturally there had been no refinement of any sort. Clark's Field Why, I say," she explained, nothing daunted, "let's put all our Christmas money together and get the very best dinner we can, and invite all the roomers to come and eat it with us. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales He could fetch Grandpa's bed out into the new kitchen, and put three roomers into the little bedroom, just as several tenants in this building did. The Rich Little Poor Boy Wondering, David stole from his room and sat with the other roomers on the stairs, listening raptly to the golden voice that floated up to them. The House of Toys But such are the tricks of Fate, that Tottie, outwardly and in spirit the true "artiste," was—as a plain matter of fact—a landlady, who kept "roomers" at so much per week. Apron-Strings She wanted to take a larger house in the neighborhood, furnish it better, and bid for a higher class of roomers. Clark's Field Several of these roomers have since become artists of wide renown, and I refrain from disclosing their names. A Daughter of the Middle Border The people are rushing here by the thousands and I know if you come and rent a big house you can get all the roomers you want. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 The other roomers were as quiet and exclusive as the prospectus had promised. The House of Toys "Maybe here's a new roomer," suggested the hopeful landlady. Apron-Strings "What place?" snapped the widow, who realized that a whole working day had been lost "for nothing," and the roomers' beds were still to make. Clark's Field And there were dozens of roomers' cards over the dusty speaking tubes. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life And if he hadn't denied it so brassy I shouldn't have called him down so hard, right in the front hall with half the roomers listenin'. Torchy There are only two other roomers, who are very quiet and never bother any one. The House of Toys And as I say, I don't have to take roomers. Apron-Strings And thus Adelle's insignificance again saved her—shall we say?—from the mean fate of becoming the prey of this "roomer." Clark's Field These were busy days, what with concerts, singing in churches and at funerals, rehearsals, dressmaking and roomers. Sixty Years of California Song I got a house there and I kept roomers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 The other roomers, sighing, went back to their rooms. The House of Toys The helmsman also was to have an eye to the enemy, to luff when she luffed, and "putte roomer," or sail large, when he saw her helmsman put the helm up. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. There were the roomers—what would happen to them? Clark's Field Four of the best roomers went with me to the new house, so I was sure I'd not fail for awhile at least. Sixty Years of California Song "Mr. Thomas is a case, sho'," she said; "but he likes you all, an' I 'm mighty glad of it, fu' he 's mighty curious about the house when he don't like the roomers." The Sport of the Gods But he did not go down or join his fellow roomers on the stairs, though Jonathan and Esther made music until the evening was no longer young. The House of Toys Lily said, apologetically;—and she had three roomers, and she had scraped the locality for mealers. The Vehement Flame But Adelle did not see how she could continue at the high school, now that her aunt had died and there was no one but herself to look after the roomers. Clark's Field I had been but two months in the new place when one of my roomers got married, to my sorrow, for that meant another empty room with the two parlors which had never been rented. Sixty Years of California Song I has the whole house myself, and I keeps roomers. The Sport of the Gods Theres a roomer around that we got off at the wrong stashun. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" Simple folk they were: Mr. Meber a retired sailor, the wife rather worn with constant roomers, one daughter a dressmaker, the other working in the "knittin" shop. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker She told him in her little letter about the school, said she missed the Church Street house, and asked specifically after certain "roomers." Clark's Field Three of my permanent roomers went with me. Sixty Years of California Song Visions of her roomers departing in a flock when they found out about the man in the second floor back began to haunt her dreams. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West They left us there so long that there was a roomer the war was over an we was goin to turn around an go home. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" If she goes out to work the children are neglected; if she takes roomers family life of the kind that nurtures health and morality is at an end. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work Adelle did not notice the hat business: she gave her old friend and best "roomer" her hand as she said good-bye, then slowly mounted the stone steps of the hotel. Clark's Field Her mother a poor widow who keeps a roomer, and look how her girl did for herself! Every Soul Hath Its Song The laboratory was on the third floor of a rooming-house, and Watson shouted so loud in his efforts to make his voice carry that the roomers complained. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Few of the roomers were home in the house opposite. Ronicky Doone Now it was a scene of slovenliness and dust, of miserable lives huddled thickly in inadequate houses, of cheap roomers and boarders, of squalid poverty—a mix of many nations well-sprinkled with saloons. The Nine-Tenths She felt lonely: she missed her aunt and even the "roomers" more than she had expected to. Clark's Field For, with times hard and only two or three roomers all winter, I had not had a servant, except Terry to do odd jobs, for some months. The Case of Jennie Brice But the complaints of the roomers had been avoided. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty If these were roomers, perhaps he would be taken for some newcomer. Ronicky Doone Tradespeople, idlers, roomers and landlady in the house accepted him at once and felt as if they had known him all their lives. The Nine-Tenths Joseph Lovejoy, the manager of Pike's Livery at the corner of Church Street,—the Pike whose son Addie Clark had disdained,—was the oldest and most important of the "roomers." Clark's Field There was only one other roomer at the moment, a middle aged guy who kept to himself, a high school teacher from the city. Joe Burke's Last Stand She daily inspected both her lavishly distributed lambrequins and her "gentleman roomers'" mail, with an occasional discreet excursion into their unlocked trunks. Stories from Everybody's Magazine They did request that I tell you that both she and my other roomer gave a bad evaluation of the course in the SmurFFs they filled out this year. Wild Justice My dear child, you do not need a roomer here any more. K I should have given up that big house years ago for a few roomers like now. Star-Dust Some way, I can't just tell how, I got acquainted with one of her roomers. Fifteen Years with the Outcast I think, on the whole, I prefer to be a 'roomer' and 'eat out.' The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day He was an ideal roomer—except that there never is an ideal roomer—but Mrs. Balmer couldn't stand his lights and his watching the portières. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Or to run up and down stairs, carrying towels to roomers? K His grandmother's and Lilly's possessions were sacred to him, but every morning, after the two roomers had departed, Mrs. Schum would tiptoe after, locking their doors and inserting the keys in her petticoat pocket. Star-Dust She said she never allowed her "roomers" to get behindhand—it was her invariable rule. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow An' the funny part was, none o' the other roomers knew anything about 'im. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Some of the roomers were awake and looking sleepily and frightenedly out of their doorways. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago When I think of Anna Page taking a roomer, it just about knocks me over, Tillie. K For myself a smaller house without such a show and maybe five or six roomers without meals, you think ain't easier as this big barn? Gaslight Sonatas So there's the Hibernia Social Club, the Democratic Ward Committee, and a lot of roomers in there. The Midnight Passenger : a novel If the devil be amongst us, tis time to hoist sail, and cry roomer. The Merry Devil She found her roomer sitting in a chair, reading. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago The Pages' roomer was in love with Sidney whether he knew it or not. K Good as gold, I have no doubt, a roomer of whom his landlady could say: "He comes and he goes and is never a speck of trouble." Vignettes of San Francisco I had been taking my meals with them a little over a month when they moved into a new apartment, with me as their roomer and boarder. The Rise of David Levinsky Sometimes her curious roomers would ask her what the doctor said to her. The Four Million He's about the highest payin' roomer I have and I did think he was permanent. Thankful's Inheritance But K., so far, had remained in humble obscurity, and, outside of Mrs. McKee's, was known only as the Pages' roomer. K And why are you so sure of the billiard roomers? The Depot Master "Have you any roomers at present?" he inquired, doubtfully. That Mainwaring Affair Sometimes she had no work at night, and then she would sit on the steps of the high stoop with the other roomers. The Four Million "I've never yet been reduced to taking roomers, and I'm not going to let the neighbors begin looking down on me now." A Poor Wise Man If it's got to be someone, Sidney, I'd rather have it the roomer upstairs than Wilson. K There was also a sink where housekeeping roomers often met to dump their coffee grounds and glare at one another's kimonos. Options The building itself was rickety and tumble-down, three stories high, and given over undoubtedly to gregarious foreigners of the poorer class, a rabbit burrow, as it were, having a multitude of roomers and lodgers. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale There was rejoicing among the gentlemen roomers whenever Miss Leeson had time to sit on the steps for an hour or two. The Four Million It was later in the evening, however, that he said, over Edith's bakery cakes and her atrocious coffee: "If you really mean that about a roomer, I know of one." A Poor Wise Man The roomer, who had walked fast, stopped and took off his hat. K On the day after the arrival of the roomer, Harriet Kennedy came down to breakfast a little late. K When I saw you at the White Springs with that roomer chap—" "Ah! K It nearly killed her at first to take a roomer, because she is always thinking of what the neighbors will say. A Poor Wise Man Or she could move up there, and they could get a roomer. A Poor Wise Man |
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