dungeon
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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
In “Twenty-Sided Tavern,” there are three core actors playing and acting out the game, one dungeon master and a sort of tavern keeper helping to keep score and track of the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The closer we got to the dungeon, the more the administration building deteriorated.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
Hopefully, Snow White had built her castle like any other civilized person would have done, putting the dungeon underground.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
When Breath of the Wild was released in 2017, it rescued The Legend of Zelda, a video game franchise growing stale because of a predictable gameplay loop of dungeons and fetch quests.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Never mind that television’s bold step forward in infiltrating the secret lives of women arrived on the wings of a dungeons and dragons-fueled fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
“The whole of the third floor has been searched. He’s not there. And Filch has done the dungeons; nothing there either.”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
