How to Use basement in a Sentence

basement

noun

• It was put in the ground around the house and in the basement.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• In the basement, walls were knocked down to open up the space.
  — Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
• The fire had reached the basement and both the first and second floors, Adams said.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Oct. 2022
• 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
• The basement has a bathroom, a bedroom, and a den in it.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2024
• Oysters and beer in the basement, cheeses on the windowsill.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• And what’s the deal with Taissa’s out-of-body episodes and creepy altar in the basement?
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
• What would have happened if a girl was chained in the basement and ran out of there?
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2022
• Dre bangs on the basement door and then stands there like a zombie.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• Things get tougher from here on out, but for now, Clark Lea and the Commodores are out of the basement.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Reaves said her husband helped dig them out of the basement.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The fire traveled from the basement of 30 Worcester sq.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 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
• My ‘office’ was in the basement of a theater, in front of a toilet.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• As for the basement, the team added a rock-climbing wall, a reading nook, and a jungle gym for the kids.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 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
• If there's no basement, go to a small room on the lowest level of the building.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2023
• During filming, Glazer and the crew hid in the basement.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Clean out your basement and donate to the second-hand store.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The restaurant was open 24 hours a day—but the real action, Tam says, took place in the basement.
  — Rebecca Stumpf, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
• Out of the basement, the beeps and honks of the synth danced around one another, just as the voices did in Paris some 900 years ago.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• In some homes, the outside faucet has a separate shut-off in the basement.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• There are still some papers in the basement at Mar-a-Lago.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2022
• Meanwhile, the 24-year-old had a 30-year-old boyfriend, who slept over three to four nights a week – in the parents’ basement.
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• The group shot the song’s shadowy and smoky video in Pearl’s basement, which matches the tune’s dark and resilient tone.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2023
• After the video posted of Chad talking about being made to sleep in the basement on a bean bag for seven months, the public turned on the Frankes, and the family started to lose brand deals and followers.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
• An opportunity came when Lucia’s neighbor pointed out the storage units in the basement of her loft building.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Mar 2025