chimney

Example Sentences

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"The house wasn't there, it was just bits of bricks and a chimney."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

One struck the chimney of a power plant in Auvere, Estonia, while another exploded in the southern Kraslava region of Latvia.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

No one was asking the first lady to do funny voices or make clippety-cloppity reindeer-hoof noises or pantomime Santa getting stuck in the chimney.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

She woke immediately, crawled to the door of the lodge, and then, as Deydey walked toward the silent cabin with the tiniest thread of smoke coming from the chimney, Omakayas saw him stagger.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich