How to Use dungeon in a Sentence

dungeon

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  • The king threw them in the dungeon.
  • When the dust cleared, the golem lay in pieces across the dungeon floor.
    — L.j. Kilgore, Ars Technica, 28 June 2020
  • Trying to scratch and claw your way out of the dungeon.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 18 Feb. 2018
  • My place was down in the dungeons, where the dragons lived.
    — Ally Beardsley, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • There is a free dungeon, Prophecy, and a free raid, Vault of Glass.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Gefen told us that, even in the dark dungeons where they were kept, the women dreamt of freedom.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The dungeon/raid ones should be able to be finished in one run of either.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 May 2021
  • Oh, she’s locked in a dungeon, chained to the floor with the rotting corpses of Shapeshifter’s other victims.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 11 July 2024
  • Old raid and dungeon pools will get new perks and their own Origin Traits.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • In a skit where a kid is shackled in a dungeon, he's warned not to mess with his shackles.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Dec. 2018
  • The dungeon was kept in total darkness at all times, and the guards wore headlamps.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Plumb the depths of crypts and dungeons in a game that forces you to decide who and how to sacrifice to reach your goals.
    — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 21 June 2019
  • The old ones were 20 years old and could best be described as early dungeon.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But there's no way to, say, ride mine carts or wander through dungeons.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 July 2019
  • There's a dungeon to conquer or a town to explore or a new codex of spells to master.
    — Luke Winkie, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The foyer and dining room were used in the film, but don't worry: There's no dungeon in the basement.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 16 Dec. 2016
  • This may not be the only reason to steer clear of Happy Hours in dungeons.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Yes, Shakespeare has lurked in more than a few castles and dungeons.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 9 July 2018
  • The movie presents him not as a complex figure of evil but as a pure movie archetype: the psycho with a dungeon next door.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 June 2022
  • Because dungeon masters around the world want a reason to kick in the door and kill people.
    — Matthew Gault, Wired, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Inside there's a chapel, courtyard, great hall and even a dungeon.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2019
  • The big head that tends to stand in for Guston stares at them; a light bulb dangles, closet- or dungeon-style, over his head.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2022
  • She should be handed the keys to every castle, dungeon and pantry in the kingdom.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In Spanish, the name of this town in Venezuela’s scorching central plains means dungeon.
    — Ryan Dube, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Most do, but those who don’t get sent away to the dungeon or hung outside the Red Keep as a warning to those who oppose the greens.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Lonergan, the Brit who met Zack while jailed, compared the prison to a dungeon.
    — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • And the result was locked away in a dungeon so deep that even Martin has never been allowed to see it.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022
  • The palace servants are herded en masse into the dungeon to keep them from talking.
    — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The dungeons in Echoes start simply and grow longer — though not more complicated — as the game continues.
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • As the scene opens in a dungeon, the kettle drums rumble menacingly—tuned in the devil’s interval.
    — Staff, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024

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