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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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"The Forest Temple has always been my favourite Zelda dungeon: a mysterious, haunted mansion in the deep woods, a lost work of man slowly being reclaimed by nature," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

"The remake really leans into the surreal, uncanny nature of the original dungeon."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

The narrator is paranoid, weepy and violent, overwhelmed by visions of his own death, and the bass sounds as if it’s descending to a windowless dungeon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

In response, the leader of Arioka orders Kanbei be thrown in the castle’s impeccably dingy dungeon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

If, by some miracle, you managed to defeat the lich, you could take his treasure and leave the dungeon.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

She also prayed in a 17th Century chapel that was positioned directly above the dungeons.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It’s weird to be alive at a time when much of contemporary warfare comprises literal laser beams, flying robots and dungeons full of nerds at computer terminals, but that’s really what’s happening.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

Long-running series like The Legend of Zelda tout the Hyrule kingdom’s mysteries, rife with dim dungeons and vast wetlands observed from mountaintops.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Harris descended into the dungeons of the facility, toured the cells where enslaved people were kept and walked through the so-called door of no return, choking back tears, her hand over her mouth.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

“C’mon,” Malfoy muttered, and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling


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