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

I had felt every knob on the fireplace and chimneypiece, and every stone up the chimney as far as I could reach.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Lilian's canary hung in the sunniest window, Peggy's silkworms lay in a box on the sideboard, and Bobby's white mice reposed in much comfort in a cage on the chimneypiece.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela

An engraved portrait of the illustrious Hahnemann occupied the place of honor over the chimneypiece.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

There were magazines, Reviews and illustrated papers everywhere in evidence, an open box of cigarettes upon the chimneypiece, an armful of flowers thrown loose upon the table, as well as the roses upon her desk.

From The Wicked Marquis by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)