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

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)

It was one of the deadly brace that we had seen on the colonel's chimneypiece in the middle of the night.

From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

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

He had drawn his chair still closer to the fire, and now sat with his feet, not on the fender, but half-way up one of the pilasters that supported the chimneypiece.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]