banister

Example Sentences

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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

When she came to the top of the last flight, she looked down and saw the man coming at Francie and saw that Francie was frozen to the banister spokes.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith