Example Sentences

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Two white vaultlike buildings were tucked at the end of a dirt road.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

A few hundred feet from where we sat was the cell-manufacturing unit—an enclosed, vaultlike facility with stainless-steel doors, aseptic rooms, and incubators—where Emily’s T cells were brought in, infected with the virus, and multiplied.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Its contradictory nature – it has both “a picturesque look” and “a chill and vaultlike air” – grew from the mixture of awe and social awkwardness of her visits to various real houses.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2017

Multiple safeguards, including vaultlike doors and negative air pressure, prevent infected mosquitoes from escaping the facility.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2015

Coats hung from polished brass hooks in the foyer, and his father’s books, arranged by size, stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of two vaultlike oak bookcases.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson