crawl space

Example Sentences

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The British-born Elsie thought she was married to a harmless teacher until she smelled something awful coming from the crawl space beneath their house.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But a well-known black bear in the area, known as Rose, had other plans for the home, having already settled into her new den in the home’s crawl space.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Generally, Bryant says, the volunteer will get into the crawl space with the bear, get behind the massive animal and scare him by yelling, clapping and sometimes firing a paintball gun.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

"But ultimately, they found him hiding in a crawl space. I believe that crawl space was in the basement … and he had put some thought and work into the hiding space he was in."

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

Meanwhile, Mrs. Bircz's sons, Yossel and Samuel, and I would hide in the crawl space of a storage shed behind our building.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson