basement

Example Sentences

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An evacuation order was also issued at the Seimas, Lithuania's parliament, according to local media, with politicians and staff led down to a basement shelter.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

I then started my own business teaching in the basement of my home.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It turns out, there are a couple of basement levels here that were designed into the ballroom— they weren’t initially disclosed—that have to do with national security.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The bicycles caught the eye of project director Giovanna Araujo as she was scoping out the basement for sites to bore holes for geotechnical testing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Our exhausted family trudges down the narrow steps to the basement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller