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How to use crypt in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Crypt means a cave or cavern. Example: “Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.”

Examples of crypt by meaning

nounEspecially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.

  • A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.1922, Michael Arlen, “3/2/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
  • Therefore St Mary Woolnoth doesn't have a crypt.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 106

nounA small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.

  • Sometimes, too much foreign material can get caught in the crypts, leading to frequent infections.2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 25

More sentences with crypt

  • Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.From the entry ghost
  • I glanced now into the distance, towards the mini skyline of crypts and monuments alongside Frogmore.2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Spare, Penguin Random House, →ISBN. From the entry Frogmore
  • Yes it has already been determined to be official snake oil by sci.crypt.2002 April 4, Scott Contini, “Meganet's unbreakable Virtual Matrix Encryption (VME)”, in sci.crypt (Usenet). From the entry cryptobabble
  • Like his friends, he is wearing casuals, ideal for lounging around crypts.1967, Kenneth Tynan, Tynan Right & Left: Plays, Films, People, Places and Events, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, page 65. From the entry casual
  • Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized.1997, Nicholas A. Wright, “Stem cell repertoire in the intestine”, in C. S. Potten, editor, Stem cells, →ISBN, page 322. From the entry chimeric
  • Closer investigation revealed these as millions of elaborate crypts a few meters below the surface, left by a long-extinct spacefaring species called the zeioph.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Armeni. From the entry sacrosanct
  • He claims that a vision of a higher being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of light".2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Klencory. From the entry higher being
  • As per his wishes, he was to be buried in a crypt next to that of Marilyn Monroe, who'd unwittingly helped launch Playboy into the multi-million-dollar business it became.2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, ‘Playboy’ Founder, Dead at 91: Legendary Magazine Editor Helped Spark the Sexual…. From the entry unwittingly
  • The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.2011, Kerryn Phelps, Craig Hassed, General Practice: The Integrative Approach, page 317. From the entry quinsy
  • The Pharaoh Nephren-Ka built around it a temple with a windowless crypt, and did that which caused his name to be stricken from all monuments and records.1935, H. P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark. From the entry Khem
  • But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.2007, Giles Milton, Edward Trencom’s Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry twenty-six
  • Facing the raised sanctuary over the vast crypt they also often erected at the west end of the nave a towerlike structure with vaulted stories, that we call the "westwork."1987, Malcolm Quantrill, The Environmental Memory: Man and Architecture in the Landscape of Ideas, page 134. From the entry westwork

Meaning of crypt

  1. noun A cave or cavern.
  2. noun An underground vault.
  3. noun Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.

Full definition of crypt

Questions about crypt in a sentence

How do you use crypt in a sentence?
Crypt is used as a noun. For example: “Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.”
What is a short sentence with crypt?
“Therefore St Mary Woolnoth doesn't have a crypt.”
What does crypt mean?
Crypt means a cave or cavern.

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