rabbit warren
nounDefinition of rabbit warren
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: warren sense 2a
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: warren sense 3b
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Examples of rabbit warren in a Sentence
The Pentagon is a rabbit warren of corridors.
the organization's headquarters is a rabbit warren of small, cramped offices
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Behind the breathtaking and famous facade was a rabbit warren, some might say rat’s nest. — Jane Margolies, New York Times, "End of an Era for the Flatiron Building," 28 June 2019 The Ghost Ship, a rabbit warren of artists’ living quarters that housed some two dozen people, was crammed with old pianos, tapestries, wooden pallets and motor homes parked on the ground floor, witnesses said. — Hailey Branson-potts, latimes.com, "Ghost Ship trial: A weary dad sits in court every day, missing his daughter," 11 June 2019 Now 75, spectral and impish under a shock of white hair, Alexander putters around his rabbit warren-like home, cluttered with boxes and trunks full of memorabilia, the walls plastered with concert fliers, newspaper clippings, and holy pictures. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "Punk rocking on both sides of the pond in ‘Boys From Nowhere’ and ‘Here to Be Heard’," 17 May 2018 My favorite was probably Michael Ignatieff’s on Isaiah Berlin, which led me into the vast, delightful rabbit warren of Berlin’s correspondence. — New York Times, "Niall Ferguson: By the Book," 11 Jan. 2018 As New York grew, the city stuck to this strictly rectilinear vision, and as a result the streets of New York north of Houston Street are still an orderly grid, entirely unlike the charming rabbit warrens of London and Paris. — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, "If the World Was Mapped Using the Manhattan Grid System," 30 Oct. 2017 Cinematographer Jishnu Bhattacharjee’s claustrophobic images give the rabbit warren of alleys, barren construction sites and heaping trash yards a palpable life, perfectly complemented by Mangesh Dhakde’s minimalist score. — Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter, "'ajji': Film Review | Busan 2017," 16 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rabbit warren.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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