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a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners
The king threw them into the dungeon.
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Recent Examples of dungeon
Removing hope from the system turns our prisons into dungeons and does not ultimately serve public safety.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
So Lisa also showed us massage candles that melt into warm oil—think hot bath, not medieval dungeon.
—Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Is Rashid a monstrous dungeon master?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dungeon
Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
So Lisa also showed us massage candles that melt into warm oil—think hot bath, not medieval dungeon.
—Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Is Rashid a monstrous dungeon master?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
Noun
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Tom and Hussein were then arrested and booked into jail for negligent discharge, police said.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The former football player died by an apparent suicide in his jail cell in April 2017, five days after being acquitted in the double homicide case in Boston.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Back then, Motta was still in law school and Alfortish had only just been released from prison.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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After being admonished by the judge, Terry Rose listens as he is sentenced to 40 years in prison.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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What sets Beast apart from the glut of combat sports films is its refusal to stay inside the cage.—
Sean Sennett,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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We were taken diving without a cage in water that had been chummed with blood to attract sharks.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating the site of the Mentor, a brig owned by Thomas Bruce, the British soldier and diplomat known as Lord Elgin, according to Greece's Ministry of Culture and BBC News, a CBS News partner.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Rules of engagement are also on the law books, so--if for no other reason--American troops follow them to stay out of the brig.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When using a propane tank and flame, there are some safety precautions to consider.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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The latest iteration introduces a revolutionary flat tank hydrogen storage system, designed to overcome one of the biggest challenges in hydrogen vehicles—efficient space utilization.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Investigators recovered two hundred chicken coops, many of which contained dead birds along with bottles of injectable anabolic steroids and antibiotics along with wing tags, the release stated.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Deputies said the animals were tortured, mutilated, kept in coops with dead birds and live plucked.—
Timia Cobb,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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