cavern

Example Sentences

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If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Down a corner on the ground floor was a shaft descending more than 30 feet underground that then opened up into a cavern presumably used as a depot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

He soon grew to love the cavern system, which dates back 350 million years, and by the age of seven he had explored it more than 100 times.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Arching over the emerald basin are walls of stalactites dripping down the cavern ceiling, which opens to a dense jungle.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

But Anya wasn’t prepared for what actually met her when the door swung open, eerily silent on its hinges, blowing a gust of stale cavern air over them as they stood in the doorway.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack