hole in the wall
Example Sentences
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And Kitty’s Cafe, a real hole in the wall, has an amazing pork tenderloin sandwich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Through a hole in the wall of one house, some crockery had remained impossibly upright on a shelf - while everything else around lay shattered or burned.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
If you kick a hole in the wall in my house, don't ask me how to fix it.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
Now up to city code, Black Lodge 2.0 has taken over the entire building, knocking a “Kool-Aid man-style” hole in the wall to connect the two spaces without changing their footprints.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
His heart seemed to fail: Ginny was now climbing through the hole in the wall, closely followed by Fred, George, and Lee Jordan.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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