antechamber
Example Sentences
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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
Dr. Reeves proposed that the tomb was, in fact, merely an antechamber to a grander sepulcher for Tutankhamun’s stepmother and predecessor, Nefertiti.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
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
Inside the Speaker’s Lobby — an ornate antechamber that opens onto the House floor — police had barricaded the door with chairs and furniture.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2021
He had jumped to the conclusion that the blood had come from a wounded knight—otherwise why should she have insisted on having them in the antechamber?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
