grotto

Example Sentences

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Simon visited Derby on 5 December 2024 to meet children in a grotto at the Derbion centre.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

They lived in the tiger grotto and were fed at the Art Deco-style Lion House, built for the original Fleishhacker Zoo by the Works Progress Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

At the side of a children's playground, there was a square of lawn with a grotto – a small shrine centred on a statue of Mary.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

When I go, I wear a disposable hair net and pretend I’m a grotto nymph, crawling around the corners of my subconscious transporting me back in time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

It lay at the bottom of a grotto, like a bubble in the earth.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer