chimney

Example Sentences

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Once you create a chimney that stands alone, “it always signals that absence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

In Shropshire, firefighters trudged through half a mile of snow in the dark to deal with a chimney fire.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Only one small piece of the house remained: a brick fireplace with its chimney, situated near windows with bird’s-eye views of the Pacific Ocean below.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Another, in Silverdale, posted: "Loud rumble and rattling of fixtures in house, as though something had collapsed or the chimney had fallen off. Significant enough to go outside to check."

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Hop to a rooftop, spread out to opposite ends and sweep each chimney until they met up in the middle, jump a dactyl to the next block and start it all again.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older