antechamber
Example Sentences
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Who should then be ushered into the same antechamber but Roland Dumas, former French foreign minister and right-hand man of ruling Socialist President François Mitterrand, Chirac’s arch-rival.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
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
He was looking into the antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, a ruler who sat his throne for only around 10 years but did so at a pivotal time in Egyptian history.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 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
Nancy turned to the right, into an antechamber, and found her space suit hanging on a rack.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
