lodge
noun
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
is lodging
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present progressiveof lodge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While we might pluck “ChatGPT words” from our prose, there is evidence that A.I.’s empty lexicon is lodging itself somewhere more intimate: in our minds.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
The group is lodging the complaints with the House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
“China is lodging solemn representations with the U.S. on the matter.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2019
The book’s protagonist is Nick Guest, a graduate student from a solid if unglamorous middle-class background who is lodging with the family of his Oxford friend Toby Fedden, the object of an unvoiced crush.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Reynolds has found out that he is lodging at 63 Dutton Street.
From The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner
