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  • We went inside, taking the central stairwell down through the roof, to where the thickness of the concrete preserved a kind of coolness, a cavern-like darkness that provided a respite from the relentless heat.

    Watchman: Babel Series Part One | SciFi UK Review 2008

  • It's lovely: lots of quasi-Byzantine Pre-Raphaelite-type mosaics, which dramatically contrast with the plain, cavern-like ceiling.

    Why I won't pay for St Paul's 2010

  • At Andrews, the Bushes got a private sendoff from hundreds of cheering aides and supporters inside the cavern-like Air Force One hangar.

    A Quiet Farewell and a Warm Reception 2009

  • Lying on his left side, he raised his right foot and sent out several kicks to its nose, its eyes, its cavern-like mouth.

    Short Story: The Soul Chamber, Part 2 2007

  • Shallow snow had blown into the mouth of the cavern-like entry.

    Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

  • Or maybe my preconception of the Town House got in the way of my eyeballs: cavern-like booths, bloody prime rib, and smoke ... lots of smoke.

    Dinner and Dancing: Right Here in Nob Hill johnny_mango 2005

  • A foul charnel house scent flowed out of the aperture and the dim sunlight seemed less to illuminate the cavern-like opening than to be fouled by the rank darkness which clung there.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • The phoebe had already come once more and looked in at my door and window, to see if my house was cavern-like enough for her, sustaining herself on humming wings with clinched talons, as if she held by the air, while she surveyed the premises.

    Walden 2004

  • He sat up quickly, darting his head around, and saw a large vehicle moving around the pool toward him, its engine noises amplified to a roar in the cavern-like surroundings.

    Suspicion Asimov, Isaac 1987

  • With something of the proportions of a cathedral roof it rises above you in massive grandeur, showing beyond, through the opening, a line of sky, and then another cavern-like arch.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

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