banister
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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
She can now ride her bike again and walk up stairs "without hanging on to the banister".
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Chu: Ari really owned the space — every time she moved, she knew what her intention was, she lived in that physicality, jumping on the banister and kicking up her leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Pennoyer ordered garlands on Amazon to hang over doors and windows and run up the banister.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Her hands hurt from gripping the banister spokes.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
I love the circular marble stairs with carved wooden banisters and wrought-iron posts that climb past the Vazrajdane theater, which shares the old building.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
We were told to keep them away from our faces — keep them from people and banisters and elevator buttons and other destinations toward which they were naturally inclined.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2021
Going from banisters and concrete artists to building 96-square-feet homes “has been a very huge 180,” Dubroca said in May.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
Next morning when the Doctor made his usual visit, Digory leaned over the banisters to listen.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
