gasolier

Example Sentences

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In the pilot, we got some 1860s gasolier globes, and when they arrived, they were broken.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2012

It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

From the gasolier in the centre chains of coloured paper were festooned to the corners of the room.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

There, on a gilded stand, under a brilliant gasolier, lay a large and handsome volume, which Salome indicated as the one referred to by her father.

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

"The truth is," said Mrs. Barrington, "neither Martha nor I can reach the gasolier."

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson