basement

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

"We share the nature of the event, its context and exact position," commanding officer Thomas Scalabre tells AFP in a basement in the French city of Brest.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Perhaps deep in the movie’s own subterranean basement of ideas, “Hokum” is a modern take on Ebenezer Scrooge’s night terrors, only I wouldn’t put much stock in Scott’s malcontent turning his life around.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel, on the day before the dinner was held in a basement ballroom there.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

I suddenly remember the dream I had in Autumn’s basement.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer