GROTTO in a Sentence
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28 example sentences for GROTTO, such as:
1. At last, after renewed hesitation, Dantes entered the second grotto.
2. Luigi took her arm beneath his own, and led her to the door of the grotto.
3. Franz took the lamp, and entered the subterranean grotto, followed by Gaetano.
4. As he came within two or three hundred paces of the grotto, he thought he heard a cry.
5. He found that he was in a grotto, went towards the opening, and through a kind of fanlight saw a blue sea and an azure sky.
2. Luigi took her arm beneath his own, and led her to the door of the grotto.
3. Franz took the lamp, and entered the subterranean grotto, followed by Gaetano.
4. As he came within two or three hundred paces of the grotto, he thought he heard a cry.
5. He found that he was in a grotto, went towards the opening, and through a kind of fanlight saw a blue sea and an azure sky.
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Meanings and Examples of GROTTO
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grotto
n. small cave, usually with attractive features
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 It seemed, however, to Edmond, who was hidden from his comrades by the inequalities of the ground, that at sixty paces from the harbor the marks ceased; nor did they terminate at any grotto.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
Context Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
2 Edmond inserted his lever in the ring and exerted all his strength; the flag-stone yielded, and disclosed steps that descended until they were lost in the obscurity of a subterraneous grotto.
3 He had only found the first grotto; he had now to seek the second.
4 He reflected that this second grotto must penetrate deeper into the island; he examined the stones, and sounded one part of the wall where he fancied the opening existed, masked for precaution's sake.
5 At last, after renewed hesitation, Dantes entered the second grotto.
6 He glanced around this second grotto; it was, like the first, empty.
7 At length the boat touched the shore, but without effort, without shock, as lips touch lips; and he entered the grotto amidst continued strains of most delicious melody.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
8 He found that he was in a grotto, went towards the opening, and through a kind of fanlight saw a blue sea and an azure sky.
9 Franz took the lamp, and entered the subterranean grotto, followed by Gaetano.
10 He recognized the place where he had awaked by the bed of heather that was there; but it was in vain that he carried his torch all round the exterior surface of the grotto.
11 Since, the evening before, he had really been the hero of one of the tales of the "Thousand and One Nights," and he was irresistibly attracted towards the grotto.
12 He had lost all hope of detecting the secret of the grotto; he consequently despatched his breakfast, and, his boat being ready, he hastened on board, and they were soon under way.
13 Luigi took her arm beneath his own, and led her to the door of the grotto.
14 Teresa uttered a cry of joy, and, without inquiring whence this attire came, or even thanking Luigi, darted into the grotto, transformed into a dressing-room.
15 As he came within two or three hundred paces of the grotto, he thought he heard a cry.
Example Sentence:
1 Inside the grotto is a large hole full of toads and serpents, by which you descend to a small cellar containing the spring.