basement

Example Sentences

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Its condition is woeful—as the young woman owner explains, the photo spent years on top of the furnace in the basement of the family home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I told them as a joke, “If it goes on like this, soon the art will be in the basement, locked away.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

One veteran value fund manager thinks so, but he’s quick to point out that value doesn’t have to mean unloved stocks that are trading at bargain basement prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

"The Cowleys were different as after years of bargain basement managers we actually went out and did the research and found them," said Whiley.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Our exhausted family trudges down the narrow steps to the basement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller