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 ZickefooseExamples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
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Even parents who don’t trail physically are finding new ways to insert themselves into the college experience—starting with dorm rooms, as The Atlantic has reported.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Over the ensuing decades, the beanbag’s popularity has waned, becoming more of a dorm room and playroom staple.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
In the book, an unnamed narrator moves into the Kennedy dorm room once occupied by Foster Dade, who had transferred to the boarding school in 2008 but was later expelled due to a scandal that the narrator investigates over the course of years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Nearby, Jermaine Hughes, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was doing his laundry in a dorm.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
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Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Over the ensuing decades, the beanbag’s popularity has waned, becoming more of a dorm room and playroom staple.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
In the book, an unnamed narrator moves into the Kennedy dorm room once occupied by Foster Dade, who had transferred to the boarding school in 2008 but was later expelled due to a scandal that the narrator investigates over the course of years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Nearby, Jermaine Hughes, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was doing his laundry in a dorm.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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