grotto

Example Sentences

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The church and its grotto survived the fire, though the flames charred homes within two blocks of the structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Children would build grottos from the shells and pester passers-by for pennies for their efforts, with cries of "Pray remember the grotto!"

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

The Syrian Jesuit priest leads us down the stairs into the narrow room now used for daily mass, recently transformed into a Christmas grotto with a sparkling Nativity Scene.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

"In this grotto which symbolises how Jesus and the Holy Family found refuge, there is also the story of this Muslim family."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

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