cave

Example Sentences

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While Darling refused to cave, he did recall that a number of bankers rang him up with what seemed like a script to complain about the bonus tax, urging a U-turn.

From BBC

The wall of the maze now was the natural rock of the cave.

From Literature

In the 1950s and 1960s, some indigenous artists began painting ritual designs on bark, instead of cave walls, using traditional earth pigments.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pablo Picasso, emerging from a Spanish cave containing Paleolithic paintings, is said to have exclaimed: “In 15,000 years we have invented nothing!”

From The Wall Street Journal

She was in her tía’s lap, listening to her stories about face-changing witches defeated with mustard seeds, and beautiful princesses sealed in caves by greedy suitors.

From Literature