plural dorms
informal
: dormitory
In Norway, Tonya and Kerrigan were housed in the same dorm on the campus of the Toneheim Music School.—
Randall Sullivan
Randall Sullivan… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.—Karen Frantz
Karen FrantzThe pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.—Julie Zickefoose
Julie Zickefoose
Examples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
Recent Examples on the Web
When Luong began at Texas Christian University, his freshman college dorm, Clark Hall, happened to be across the street from where Ampersand now sits.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
By learning to breathe on his own, Mr. Alexander was able to live outside the iron lung for hours at a time, and students from his dorm would take him to class in wheelchair, according to the Alcalde.
—Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
SoCalGas first asked state regulators in fall of 2022 for permission to use electricity from the state’s grid to make a lower-carbon fuel blend that included hydrogen and to pipe that new blend into university dorms, offices and restaurants.
—Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2024
Congress passed the act more than 30 years ago in response to the rape and murder of a 19-year-old college student in her Lehigh University dorm.
—Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Eagle-eyed fans have long speculated over the symbolism of the broken frog snow globe that sits on the desk in Wilhelm’s dorm room.
—Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Their dorm room research developed into a dissolvable powder that aimed to protect neurons in people with ALS by reducing cellular stress and dysfunction.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Josiah Malachi Kilman, 18, was found unresponsive shortly after midnight Saturday in his dorm room.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
On a recent Wednesday evening, Turner and about nine of her friends squeezed into a small dorm room and passed around pizza and chocolate chip cookies.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024
Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
By learning to breathe on his own, Mr. Alexander was able to live outside the iron lung for hours at a time, and students from his dorm would take him to class in wheelchair, according to the Alcalde.
—Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
SoCalGas first asked state regulators in fall of 2022 for permission to use electricity from the state’s grid to make a lower-carbon fuel blend that included hydrogen and to pipe that new blend into university dorms, offices and restaurants.
—Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2024
Congress passed the act more than 30 years ago in response to the rape and murder of a 19-year-old college student in her Lehigh University dorm.
—Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Eagle-eyed fans have long speculated over the symbolism of the broken frog snow globe that sits on the desk in Wilhelm’s dorm room.
—Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Their dorm room research developed into a dissolvable powder that aimed to protect neurons in people with ALS by reducing cellular stress and dysfunction.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Josiah Malachi Kilman, 18, was found unresponsive shortly after midnight Saturday in his dorm room.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
On a recent Wednesday evening, Turner and about nine of her friends squeezed into a small dorm room and passed around pizza and chocolate chip cookies.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above
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