compartment
Example Sentences
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After Spivey’s truck arrived at the police impound lot, Jones pointed out a compartment concealed in the back seat and asked Tamasi to open it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Twenty Thai crew members returned home in mid-March, while three of their colleagues were missing and presumed trapped in the damaged engine compartment.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Every cell of the deadly malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum contains a tiny compartment packed with microscopic iron crystals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
I stood as far back as I could in the snug compartment and grimaced my way through it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
Miranda, Miranda....Yolanda leans over and gets her aunt's list out of the glove compartment, and sure enough, there they are.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Vocabulary lists containing compartment
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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A Farewell To Arms
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ment
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