cubbyhole

Example Sentences

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“I don’t begrudge anyone retiring,” longtime regular Daniel Eiben said Sept. 15, poking his head into Yoshimura’s cluttered cubbyhole of an office on the store’s penultimate day in business.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

She was one of just two women on Brzezinski’s staff and occupied a windowless cubbyhole in the West Wing, but Dr. Albright relished her proximity to power.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Open tennis tournament for a cubbyhole in what used to be a wet bar in her Brentwood home.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2020

She made a cubbyhole in some bamboo in her back garden and read The Secret Garden.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2019

The automatic mop came out of its cubbyhole to repair the damage.

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