Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole-and-corner
Adjective
  • What’s being communicated in this clandestine network of underground messaging?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Oulonger 12-Pack Solar Landscape Lights Outdoor lighting that requires digging and underground wiring is so not worth the time and effort.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The film, which premiered at the New York Film Festival, explores youth, class and identity through the lens of Medellín’s underground music scene.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This model protects against allergens like pollen and pet dander, smoke, dust, and does it all from a place of covert, inoffensive design.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The detectives’ new case takes them to a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One person Smith communicated with was an undercover FBI agent, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Nearly 10 years after his demise, Holliday decides to go undercover as Powers to try and get a second chance with a struggling college team at South Georgia.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.
    Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2017
Adjective
  • The house sits on the edge of the Baka neighborhood, known for its leafy streets, upscale residences and lush, private gardens.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The development will include private parking for residents of the building along with 94 public parking spaces.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Hole-and-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole-and-corner. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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