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

A 550-pound male black bear wedged itself into the crawl space underneath an Altadena home just after Thanksgiving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

In April, Johnson saw that bricks around his home’s crawl space were torn out, and the wooden frame covering the crawl space was broken.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

"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