basement

Example Sentences

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Typically, I would arrive from Manhattan on a Friday night, exhausted, to find a problem, like a pipe leaking in the basement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Prosecutors believe the fire started when champagne bottles with sparklers attached were raised too close to the ceiling in the bar's basement level, igniting the sound insulation foam.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Streets as well as the basement of the local police station in Nea Makri were flooded.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The second, in the basement of the house Manetta shares with her mother, drew 10.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

I’m not sure who dozes off first, but when I wake up again, the morning sunlight is streaming through the small basement windows.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller