How to Use basement in a Sentence

basement

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  • It was put in the ground around the house and in the basement.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
  • The cat’s food dish is in the basement, kept separate from the dog’s dish in the kitchen.
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a scene where Marge floats over to the basement door to get to Maggie.
    — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The basement has a bathroom, a bedroom, and a den in it.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2024
  • Oysters and beer in the basement, cheeses on the windowsill.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And what’s the deal with Taissa’s out-of-body episodes and creepy altar in the basement?
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Dre bangs on the basement door and then stands there like a zombie.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Things get tougher from here on out, but for now, Clark Lea and the Commodores are out of the basement.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Reaves said her husband helped dig them out of the basement.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The fire traveled from the basement of 30 Worcester sq.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • At one point, the basement flooded because of a burst pipe.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
  • For gaming and a movie night, head down to the 2,775-square-foot finished basement.
    — Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • As for the basement, the team added a rock-climbing wall, a reading nook, and a jungle gym for the kids.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The harshest abuse came in moments of capture, rather than in the basement.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The laundry machines are in the basement, which is a common area.
    — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • If there's no basement, go to a small room on the lowest level of the building.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • During filming, Glazer and the crew hid in the basement.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Clean out your basement and donate to the second-hand store.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Out of the basement, the beeps and honks of the synth danced around one another, just as the voices did in Paris some 900 years ago.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In some homes, the outside faucet has a separate shut-off in the basement.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the 24-year-old had a 30-year-old boyfriend, who slept over three to four nights a week – in the parents’ basement.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The group shot the song’s shadowy and smoky video in Pearl’s basement, which matches the tune’s dark and resilient tone.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The warren of galleries is down a stairwell in a 7,000-square-foot basement.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The woman was found tied up in the basement and the suspect was arrested.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • From left: The basement is often full of water and sewage leaks, say the tenants.
    — Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The two would hang out in the basement, trading secrets over a bag of spicy sweet chili Doritos.
    — Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Visit the form at bit.ly/45R8I9N. Pick-up will be completed in the church basement.
    — Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
  • This was sort of in a basement, and there were windows high up on the wall, and cold air would seep in through those windows.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The basement was filled with 3.5 million gallons of water that had to be pumped out.
    — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • JonBenet, who was found dead in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado, home in 1996, remains frozen in time.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024

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