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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
At the end of season two, Wednesday had a vision of grandma Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley) keeping Ophelia locked in a dungeon.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
The dungeon stands to swallow yet another Pakistani prime minister.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Mia sang it to Riley inside Norma’s dungeon to trigger her memories.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
As a result, many legends are connected to its violent past, and its dungeon, in particular, is said to be haunted by tortured souls.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
The dungeon stands to swallow yet another Pakistani prime minister.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Mia sang it to Riley inside Norma’s dungeon to trigger her memories.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
As a result, many legends are connected to its violent past, and its dungeon, in particular, is said to be haunted by tortured souls.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dungeon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
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He will be transferred to the county jail once he is released from the hospital.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was not listed on the Pulaski County jail's roster Sunday night.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Oscar Wilde was not the only Irishman locked up in an English prison to draw Proust’s attention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Nguyen pleaded guilty last year to a felony charge and multiple misdemeanors and is now serving a seven-year prison sentence, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Once a hole is dug, a tall crane slowly slides in a rebar cage that resembles a wire mesh dinosaur spine so the hole can be filled with concrete.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Newport Harbor’s defense dropped two players from Mater Dei’s right wing — known as the 4-5 side in water polo positions — to slow center Paige Segesman’s ability to attack with a strong left turn toward the cage.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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Since the shootings, Radford has been held in pretrial confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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Gales tore at the Mary’s sails, and surf crashed across the brig’s deck.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2025
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But out of everything, the archive’s most astonishing component is a series of home movies that allegedly capture impromptu moments of psychokinetic activity within an upside-down fish tank.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Make sure your car has at least half a tank of gas, and update your winter survival kit.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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Central Time Wednesday following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The more than 15-acre property includes a chicken coop, a corncrib barn, a workshop, a garden, and dirt bike trails.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
20 Jan. 2026
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Given that O’Keefe, her husband Ian and teenage sons Aidan and Tristan have two cats, a dog and chickens, everyone needs to be secure in their home — and the chickens in their coop — before nightfall.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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