book in
Britishverb
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to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at a hotel
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to record something in a book or register, esp one's arrival at a hotel
Example Sentences
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Ondaatje worked on the script with Minghella, sharing the belief that most people seeing the movie never read the book in the first place.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Other than the Bible, it was the bestselling book in 19th-century America, and it brought the abolitionist movement to mainstream awareness as no politician or orator had done before it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
He made the revelation in a book in which he chronicled his battle with cancer, saying that he received immunotherapy treatment throughout his record Vendee Globe victory.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
For Monroe, though, the effort was always public and always suspect — the culture was attuned to see any book in her hand as a prop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Mom is sitting at the table with a cup of tea in one hand and her citizenship book in the other.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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