basement
Example Sentences
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When I was five and we were living in Brooklyn, I took classes in a basement studio that had a wall of dusty mirrors.
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Prosecutors believe the fire started when revellers raised champagne bottles with sparklers attached close to sound insulation foam on the ceiling of the bar's basement level.
From Barron's
William issues his own stern warnings: Sam must never, ever enter the basement writing “sanctuary” in his remote Maine mansion.
In our ratings basement: American and Frontier, which tied for last place.
“There’s six of them and only one of me, and every time I leave the basement to go sweep a floor, they shove something else into it.”
From Literature
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