electrolier

Example Sentences

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He then turned out all the lights in the room with the exception of the center electrolier, that shone down directly on the handkerchief and ring.

From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray

Mrs. Heth, who had helped Willie with his furnishings, had considered it the prettiest electrolier that fourteen dollars would buy in the town during the week before last.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

It was a warm night and under the glow of the electrolier Rosemary's magnificent hair curled and shone like polished bronze.

From Rosemary by Lawrence, Josephine

"Here, switch on the light someone," said Malcolm Sage, and a moment after there was a click and a three-lamp electrolier burst into light.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton