houseguest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of houseguest
Example Sentences
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Imagine watching a television where an impolite houseguest holds the remote control and arbitrarily changes the channels.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024
The New York Post described it as “exhausting” and a “self-absorbed and overwrought disappointment,” a judgment for which the reviewer was likely shunned as a houseguest for the remaining summer season.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
“I turn to her for advice,” Feinstein, who was a frequent houseguest, told The Times in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022
Or, in the one-day-at-a-time spirit: Learn how to be the warmest, least invasive houseguest you can be.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
It showed Kato Kaelin, Simpson’s shaggy-haired houseguest, being questioned by Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor in the case.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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