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

"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

When he discovers an otherworldly portal through the wall of his basement office, he enlists his younger employees to help him explore the strange rooms with a rope tied around their waist, à la “Poltergeist.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In the basement, I turn on the light and close the door behind me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold