hatchway
Example Sentences
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It was nonetheless immortalized in Lightfoot’s lyrics: “At 7 p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said, ‘Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.’
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2025
Gibbon nods and puts more of his strange marks on the wall by the hatchway.
From Nature ● Apr. 2, 2019
We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
During the turbulent re-entry of Soyuz, Louis said, the spacecraft's hatchway opened enough so that the oxygen supply escaped into space.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he emerged from the hatchway, the wind almost took him off his feet.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
