flatmate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Keating has enlisted the help of an old flatmate, Louise, with whom he shared digs during the early days of her group Eternal.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
Her flatmate later contacted the police on her behalf.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024
Phoebe Hunt, 18, said she heard screaming and rushed out to find her flatmate with "a live scorpion in a bag on her boots".
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
His flatmate, Odion Eboigbe from Nigeria, was with him, pulling others through the wreckage of the mangled vehicle - an electric-powered bus whose batteries are thought to have caught fire.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023
“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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