fanlight

Example Sentences

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An arched entrance to the house has a fanlight in a delicately ornamented keystone surround.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

Glancing up, you notice a fragile Georgian fanlight, or a warm scoop of terracotta tiling, or a glint of coloured glass.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2014

Glancing up, you notice a fragile Georgian fanlight, or a warm scoop of terra-cotta tiling, or a glint of colored glass.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

The attic room had no window on the front, so she pounded down the back staircase two flights to the fanlight that looked out over the drive.

From Nature • Apr. 10, 2013

He examined the fanlight: even if it were completely broken in, he was too large to crawl through to reach the holophone.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer