Danny McBride

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

American Comedian

Larry David

When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.

American Actor

Yotam Ottolenghi

The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.

Israeli Chef

Michael Bastian

I've always envied Thomas Jefferson's bed at Monticello. It's in a tiny alcove, bound by walls at the head and foot.

American Designer

An alcove can be a design feature, adding character and space for decoration or furniture.

Architectural Feature

Alcoves can make a room feel more spacious or cozy by creating distinct areas.

Spatial Impression

Alcoves often serve a specific function, like housing appliances or providing extra seating.

Functional Space

Alcoves may have sacred importance, often displaying religious figures or artifacts.

Religious Significance

Alcoves can be found in historical or cultural buildings, symbolizing respect or remembrance.

Cultural Context

 would have eliminated a lot of the old grass that would have grown up on these hills and there where you can see the lionesses walking the sort of a rocky alcove that would have protected that grass from the fire that raged through here and that's how the trees also protect some of these little rocky areas

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 she does all of this after she may have traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles to return to the same Beach from when she herself was hatched octopi to lay eggs though not on a beach rather the female generally deposit her eggs within a protected alcove now once laid the mother octopus meticulously

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 the lines of the temple set against nothing but pure nature, and you turn around and you get nothing but the city below you, and inside, a view in all directions, radiating gardens from each of the alcoves,