paternoster

Example Sentences

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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

The loop: down and back up There have been no new paternoster lifts installed since 1974, because of access problems and safety concerns.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

Sancho commenced to shake like a leaf, and even Don Quixote was frightened and muttered a paternoster between his teeth while his hair stood on end.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence