How to Use crawl space in a Sentence

crawl space

noun
  • Before Getting Started To check your home for mold and mildew, start with areas where there could be high humidity or water damage, such as a damp basement or crawl space.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
  • Whether that's a basement or a crawl space or the first floor of the house.
    Martha Shade, CNN, 6 May 2020
  • As does the crawl space in the mayor of Munchkinland’s house.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Is there a layer of plastic on the soil floor of your crawl space?
    oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2022
  • There is a 3-by-3-foot cutout in the wall behind the closet, like a little door to a crawl space.
    Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • The closet has a crawl space good for storage under the roof.
    Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • That’s why your garage, crawl space and car trunk are not good places for wine storage.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Bret got the collar loose, her husband opened up the crawl space, and the dog came running out.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The movie revealed that 33 bodies of young boys were buried in the crawl space of his little house.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The cat initially refused to leave the crawl space, but has since come out.
    oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
  • The tracking dog alerted handlers that the suspect was in the crawl space.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2022
  • In the tiny, darkened crawl space upstairs, Duza’s mind had gone numb.
    Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The owner had actually sheet-rocked over the door to the crawl space.
    Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • San Jose home, consuming both spare bedrooms, the garage and the crawl space.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Lillie said one man came out, but the other remained in the crawl space.
    Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Deputies searched the neighborhood and found a man hiding in the crawl space of a house, Sandoval said.
    City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • When Kuno found Bender in the crawl space, Bender stabbed the dog, reports say.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 July 2021
  • Your garage is fine as long as the skis aren’t near leaks or in a crawl space that heats up more than a normal room.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Officers found his body wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in a crawl space of his attic.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The texture of the strips of wood that held the tar paper intact, the crawl space underneath the barrack.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The crawl space was littered with feces, dead rodents, and mold.
    Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • He was found wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in an attic crawl space, Fox2 reported.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Eros was then released into a crawl space under the house, where the dog found Williams and bit him to take control of the man.
    Cathy Locke, sacbee, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The camera panned to the crawl space, where nothing was visible.
    Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • The traditional spot is a crawl space, but a closet in a cool garage will do.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • His body was found wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in an attic crawl space, Fox2 reported.
    Andrea May Sahouri, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The teammates climbed higher, using their hands to feel the walls for a crawl space that would lead to safer, higher ground.
    Johnson Lai and Jason Corben, Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • Vickers was found a short time later hiding in a crawl space.
    Fox News, 23 July 2022
  • Built on bedrock, the main house features a spacious deck and plenty of crawl space for storage.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Seal the foundation Examine the foundation of your home and the walls of your basement or crawl space for cracks, the experts said.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 July 2024

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