How to Use cellar in a Sentence

cellar

1 of 2 noun
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  • The cellar has a dirt floor.
  • The Lions won the next week, but so did the Vikings, and the Lions have not been out of the cellar since.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps, but why let cellar-dwellers get in the way of progress?
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The thief dropped a bottle of whiskey, rushed to the cellar and left through the ceiling hole, Helal said.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • There may have been a staircase or ladder in place to reach the bottom of the cellar.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Home cooks dried and fried them, pressed them into cider, and stored them in cellars.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
  • When both the mother and father are unknowns, the sky (as well as the cellar) is the limit.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022
  • And if aging wine is his thing, all the better as this one can go the distance in the cellar.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, the Buccaneers lead the division at 6-6, and the Saints are in the cellar at 4-9.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The fire bled upward from the cellar and swelled to an inferno overnight.
    — Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Russian soldiers shot dead four civilians in the cellar of the house.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Despite expanding the cellar three times and adding tanks to brew more beer, the space proved too small.
    — Gary Dzen, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • And a win against the Chargers, who are sharing the cellar with them, could put them within reach of a wild card slot.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Gary's will stock up your cellar once a quarter with a new crate of red, white, or mixed bottles of wine.
    — Kate Dingwall, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The land around the cellar has been falling off, exposing its walls, and parts of the bluff seemingly hang above the beach.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022
  • John later found JonBenét dead in the cellar with a garrote tied around her neck.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Rozier has certainly put in his time in the NBA cellar.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The wine menu will feature the full spectrum of Pali’s cellars, that include still and sparkling, white, pink, orange and red wines.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The idea of burning natural gas in a furnace sounds as quaint as having a coal truck come by to fill the cellar.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a movie theater, a wine and whiskey cellar, and an on-site spa, which is decked out with a sauna, a massage room, and even a hair and nail salon.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
  • In the center of the complex, a brick tunnel slopes underground to an airy cellar filled with barrels of house wine.
    — Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
  • Larisa Maslii, 74, and her husband have lived in the cellar below their home since war erupted on Feb. 24.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • Northwestern Can this offense and defense get out of the cellar?
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And Phil absolutely did not want to spend the entire weekend in a smoky cellar.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
  • While wines from the northern Rhône will gracefully age in your cellar for up to 50 years, the best drinking window for these is eight to 12 years.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Food would be brought and always put down far away from my room, outside the cellar’s outermost door.
    — Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • On the lowest level, aka the cellar, are a suite of leisure amenities—most notably that pool, which stretches a full 33 feet in length and is six feet deep.
    — David Kaufman, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Minshew responded by winning six of his eight starts to pull the Colts out of the division cellar.
    — Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Researchers said the wooden cellar was part of a building that was constructed toward the end of the first century A.D.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Her family spent almost a month sheltering in the cellar, then fled to the home of relatives in a neighboring village.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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cellar

2 of 2 verb
  • The wines still can be cellared for years after their release.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
  • With cooler weather on the way, the kitchen staff has been making jams out of the last of summer peaches and apricots, pickling green beans and cellaring root vegetables.
    — Nancy Matsumoto, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Keeping carrots and cellaring them, that concentrates the sugars.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2018
  • And seldom are fragrances lovingly cellared in oak barrels.
    — John Brodie, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2018
  • This makes the wines more affordable, as well, because they can be sold immediately with no patient cellaring required.
    — Marnie Old, Philly.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The wines still can be cellared for years after their release.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
  • With cooler weather on the way, the kitchen staff has been making jams out of the last of summer peaches and apricots, pickling green beans and cellaring root vegetables.
    — Nancy Matsumoto, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Keeping carrots and cellaring them, that concentrates the sugars.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2018
  • And seldom are fragrances lovingly cellared in oak barrels.
    — John Brodie, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2018
  • This makes the wines more affordable, as well, because they can be sold immediately with no patient cellaring required.
    — Marnie Old, Philly.com, 14 Sep. 2017

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