antechamber

Example Sentences

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Inside the underground crypt and its antechamber, archaeologists found 400 urns containing the mixture of human ashes, coal, rubber and plant roots.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022

As darkness blanketed the city, the only spectacle left was in parliament, where teenagers and young men bedded down for another night on the mattresses they have laid out in the grand antechamber.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

The paintings on display beyond the antechamber play on themes of spectacle, public perception and sleight of hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022

So it was that we found ourselves in an ornate antechamber on Friday afternoon, being instructed on where to stand, where to sit and when to sit once in the presence of the president.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2021

You do not wait long in the antechamber before passing through the beaded curtain.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern