chimneypiece

Example Sentences

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The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

‘Fixed as the look the young fellow meets is, there is yet in it some strange power of suddenly including the sketch over the chimneypiece.’

From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson

He had wished for salamanders, which were very popular at Villers-Cotterêts, being the crest of François I., and who had them sculptured on every chimneypiece in the château.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

A tall, massive man, in evening dress, leaned with an elbow on the chimneypiece, his head lightly resting on his hand, one foot on the edge of the fender.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

When I began to read, the hands of the clock upon the chimneypiece stood at twenty minutes to twelve, and they had reached a quarter past five before I had completed my task.

From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy