basement

Example Sentences

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I lived in the basement of a distant aunt I’d never met, and the commute from Jamaica, Queens, was over an hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

“Backrooms,” which reportedly had a production budget of about $10 million, stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a furniture store owner who finds a mysterious portal in his basement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"He was able to go down to the basement where a lot of machinery was."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

After he discovers a wall in the store’s basement serves as a portal to the creepy rooms and he tells her about them, she follows him in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

I wonder if Mom feels guilty, living in this urban paradise while the rest of her family is camping in a one-room basement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller