trapdoor

Example Sentences

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The park, which closed in late December, contains games and rides that reference past MrBeast videos, such as a trapdoor tower and catapults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The civil judgement said entry was via a trapdoor and a 60m-long curved concrete tunnel.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

She knows the location of the hidden trapdoor that leads to the rafters of the arch above the nave.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

Above her was only the little trapdoor leading out onto the turret; she stood on the little narrow platform at the top and pressed against the trapdoor, but it would not move.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson