mantelpiece

Example Sentences

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Pictures of Kody, his older brother and their grandfather — all in their Navy uniforms — rest on the mantelpiece next to the folded flag from Kody’s funeral.

From Seattle Times

Jean Cocteau, arriving to pay tribute to the late author, spotted the manuscript resting on the mantelpiece — a pile of papers “still alive, like watches ticking on the wrists of dead soldiers.”

From Washington Post

Since Venice, the Golden Lion has sat on the mantelpiece in Goldin’s apartment.

From New York Times

Often when all seven siblings get together with their mother, the mother wants a new “family shot” taken for her mantelpiece.

From Washington Post

In this scene, Catherine views the girl as a trinket -- "I want to have this little package on our mantelpiece," she whispers to her husband, freshly returned from slaughtering every ungulate in the region.

From Salon