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

In fact, a few weeks ago, a different bear poked its head down into the crawl space and was scared off by Yellow 2120, Johnson told The Times previously.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

It tore through a different opening to the crawl space and didn’t come back, Peters said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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

He had three more braces to attach, and nobody else was skinny enough to fit in the crawl space.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan