basement

Example Sentences

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I lived in the basement of a distant aunt I’d never met, and the commute from Jamaica, Queens, was over an hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Sitting in an air-conditioned room in the stadium basement, he explained that he had slept badly Wednesday night and felt low on energy all day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When firefighters arrived, they located a fire in the basement of a metal structure at the dock.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

When he discovers an otherworldly portal through the wall of his basement office, he enlists his younger employees to help him explore the strange rooms with a rope tied around their waist, à la “Poltergeist.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Farther away, in his basement lab at the University of Washington in Seattle, however, Steve Malone was beginning to feel certain that the conclusions from Swanson’s and Johnston’s work were wrong.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone