antechamber
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A portrait of the thin-mustachioed director as a saintly figure sits alongside stained glass recreations of some of his most famous collaborators, including Divine and David Lochary, in a chapel-like antechamber.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023
Inside the underground crypt and its antechamber, archaeologists found 400 urns containing the mixture of human ashes, coal, rubber and plant roots.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022
As darkness blanketed the city, the only spectacle left was in parliament, where teenagers and young men bedded down for another night on the mattresses they have laid out in the grand antechamber.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
One evening in 1997, Looter-1 and another person found the statue in the antechamber of Prasat Krachap, prosecutors said.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021
The courtyard turned into something like an antechamber to an operating room.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
