crawl space

Example Sentences

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The British-born Elsie thought she was married to a harmless teacher until she smelled something awful coming from the crawl space beneath their house.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In fact, a few weeks ago, a different bear poked its head down into the crawl space and was scared off by Yellow 2120, Johnson told The Times previously.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

The last time the bear left was Sunday, he said, to rifle through his trash cans for 20 minutes before returning to the crawl space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Police released several gas canisters into a house where Groves was believed to be hiding, and then found him hiding in a crawl space, CBS News, BBC's US partner, reported.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

I pushed my way up and out of the crawl space.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz