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
The restaurant, which opened in 1972, is literally a hole in the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025
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
While the commander was at lunch, Sparrow grabbed his ID, telephone and civilian clothes and headed for a hole in the wall.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
It wasn’t easy persuading Trashman to give up Kuda, but at last Tendai got the man to climb back through the hole in the wall.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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