How to Use antechamber in a Sentence

antechamber

noun

• The time has come for the King of Debt to emerge from his musty antechamber.
  — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
• The core of the film is really a Kammerspiel set in the antechambers of hell.
  — Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2020
• The women waited in an antechamber and were summoned into the room one by one.
  — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
• After the antechamber comes the splendor of the burial complex itself, which would have housed the pharaoh’s mummy.
  — National Geographic, 25 June 2020
• Atmosphere is what Central Park lacks right now, in the antechamber of springtime.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2018
• In my analogy, the two sides are now in the antechamber of family court, awaiting the legal squabble.
  — Scott Herhold, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2017
• Dak Prescott strode through the double doors of the concrete antechamber, waiting patiently in the corner with his luggage.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• In an ages-old, arched antechamber that led to a courtyard, Yuri Jacinto Huaytalla ground fresh beans and poured me a silky latte.
  — National Geographic, 19 July 2019
• Each member of the coaching staff will have his own office, with a central conference table in the antechamber.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2017
• At Tehran’s insistence, the U.S. delegation won’t have a seat at the table—its members must wait in an antechamber to be briefed by the Europeans.
  — Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2021
• The store was labyrinth, with narrow staircases in the backs of small rooms, and chambers and antechambers that opened up into expansive arenas of clothing.
  — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• An antechamber follows, with breathtaking paintings of the starry sky on the ceiling.
  — National Geographic, 25 June 2020
• The paintings on display beyond the antechamber play on themes of spectacle, public perception and sleight of hand.
  — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• Back in the antechamber, Anderson decided to buy a commemorative lamb figurine from the gift shop, made out of the wool of sheep that graze in the cemetery every year.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2022
• Past the entryway, in a dark, domed antechamber lit by flickering lights styled as medieval torches, stand two statues of angels with swords in hand.
  — Matías Costa, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• The gathering kicked off with Perseval-Farge champagne and cocktails in a lounge area that serves as the antechamber to Hendifar’s office.
  — Gillian Brassil, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• He and another suspect sit in an antechamber, off a hallway, with a German guard standing nearby.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
• Sick and tired of waiting around in the antechamber of socially sanctioned adulthood, millennials are setting up home right here.
  — Laurie Penny, Wired, 18 June 2020
• Half the restaurant is reserved as a sort of antechamber, called the Living Room, used for canapés and champagne before dinner, or for coffee and digestifs afterward.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2018
• After the talk at Stanford, Gomez lingers in an antechamber of the center as various mental-health dignitaries approach.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2022
• Venable escorted the group through the cathedral under a large pipe organ and downstairs to the quiet antechamber that marked the entrance to the catacombs, which sat in darkness behind a wooden door.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2022
• The Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant shower room contained a seat and small shelf for items in the antechamber, and a small shelf and seat within the shower, which had a handheld shower affixed to the wall.
  — Erika Mailman, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
• Two Trump supporters were able to breach the building's northwest antechamber and were arrested after refusing to leave.
  — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2021
• For Servillo, theater is not the antechamber of cinematic success.
  — Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• Today, a somber sculpture of figures lying across one another, a symbolic rail carriage and a museum mark the site of what was then an antechamber to Auschwitz concentration camp.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
• In an antechamber outside the senate floor, a conservator named Ismail Carvalho was inspecting a landscape painting that had been torn from its frame.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
• The air-fuel mixture is forced into this antechamber during the piston's compression stroke, and primary ignition takes place inside it.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2020
• In an adjacent antechamber and office, a billowing Josef Hoffmann light fixture hangs above a small conference table.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2023
• At least one protester attempted to spray officers with a chemical agent that appeared to be mace while attempting to enter one antechamber blocked by officers.
  — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 22 Dec. 2020
• The lineup promises a fantastic array of acoustic and electric works, installations and interactive events, with attendees free to move through the gardens, alcoves and antechambers of the always-alluring Chapel.
  — Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024