hole in the wall
Example Sentences
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And Kitty’s Cafe, a real hole in the wall, has an amazing pork tenderloin sandwich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The restaurant, which opened in 1972, is literally a hole in the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025
Through a hole in the wall of one house, some crockery had remained impossibly upright on a shelf - while everything else around lay shattered or burned.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
While the commander was at lunch, Sparrow grabbed his ID, telephone and civilian clothes and headed for a hole in the wall.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
There’s squeals of laughter outside the hole in the wall as the kids scatter.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
