How to Use basement in a Sentence

basement

noun
  • 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
  • Things get tougher from here on out, but for now, Clark Lea and the Commodores are out of the basement.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • During filming, Glazer and the crew hid in the basement.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 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 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
  • Dos Santos lived in a chilly basement with a large hole in the floor covered by plywood.
    Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • Alice finds a cuddly teddy bear in the basement, and calls him Chauncey.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And then Karl, who wrote these songs with us in the basement of a grocery store a decade ago, got to work with Marius de Vries.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The most important change was to relocate the swimming pool to the basement.
    ELLE Decor, 7 June 2023
  • This home comes with two parking spots, as well as storage space in a shared basement.
    Angela Serratore, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The fire caused no structural damage to the building, Burke said, though there may be some smoke damage to rooms in the basement.
    Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • The smell of this reminded me of old socks and there was an odd taste, like the sticky floor of a dorm basement after years of parties.
    Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • After all, many folks were introduced to cannabis in a dingy basement at a friend’s house.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Great for a basement or garage, this rack is small enough to fit in a tight space but large enough to easily stow two golf bags.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The girl's father, John Ramsey, found her body later that same day in their basement.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 15 July 2023
  • The kitchen in the basement will soon start producing edibles.
    Erick Trickey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The concert stage in the basement of downtown St. Paul’s historic Hamm building has gone dark once again.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The scene where the two truckers deliver the conspicuously large crate to the basement of the Marsten House still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
    New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • The magnificent basement kitchen of the Elms is also a frequent setting on the show, but not in the Newport scenes.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2023
  • My neighbor had hidden him in a basement to protect him from the bombings.
    Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • These five Wolverines are charged with keeping a woman chained to a pole in a basement for a month before killing her.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The venue was a homey basement filled with friends and fans who definitely weren’t seeing either artist for the first time.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
  • It was created by 18- and 19-year-olds in their college dorm basement.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Aura Spa Aura Spa is tucked in the basement of one of Minois’ buildings.
    Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023

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