subbasement

Example Sentences

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For one thing, the hotel’s reputation had plummeted into its subbasement, with mocking public complaints about peeling wallpaper, worn furniture and bedbugs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

The institute also converted a vast subbasement in its main building into a shelter with cots and a cooking area.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

This one had restricted levels above the lecture hall and admin offices, as well as a second bay of elevators and stairs which led to five tiers of subbasement.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022

There have been a number of floods and leaks, both on high floors and in the subbasement, which the board attributes to poor plumbing installation.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Mr. Davenport escorts Gogol in an elevator reserved for patients and doctors, to the subbasement of the hospital.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri