Sentence examples for was tenant from inspiring English sources
noun
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
Records show that Edward Cook was tenant of this farm in 1627, and list field names – bean close, round grove, east mead and (down in a muddier area) lower pudding ground – that were in use before Cook's time and which survive today.
Around 1840 James Pownall, one of the founder members of the silk manufacturing firm of Bickam and Pownall was tenant.
The only thing it lacked was tenants.
Only half the building was tenanted.
By 1950, 89% of all agricultural land was owner-operated and only 11% was tenant-operated.
Many Kapampangans are tenant farmers and landless workers.
"They are tenant vacancies, not landlord vacancies," he said.
Jack can't bear being tenant to a Jew-boy.
They moved to Virginia and were tenant farmers in the Shenandoah Valley.
"These are tenants, not terrorists".
They're tenants or they're owners of property.
