subbasement

Example Sentences

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For one thing, the hotel’s reputation had plummeted into its subbasement, with mocking public complaints about peeling wallpaper, worn furniture and bedbugs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

The institute also converted a vast subbasement in its main building into a shelter with cots and a cooking area.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

This one had restricted levels above the lecture hall and admin offices, as well as a second bay of elevators and stairs which led to five tiers of subbasement.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022

Even the 19th-century tunnel is visible in the subbasement.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2019

A fire in a subbasement chemistry lab was contained before it reached the upper floors of the college building, read the breaking-news bulletin.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein