mantelpiece

Example Sentences

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"I don't want it to be a doorstop or in the bottom drawer, I want it to be on the mantelpiece."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

The density of the ornament is matched only by its cheapness, with chalices lined up on the mantelpiece like the decorator raided the trophy case of a middle-school gymnasium.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

This product is about 4 inches long, with a string for hanging from your rearview mirror or mantelpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

A fallen tree’s “live edge” can make a nice mantelpiece or floating shelf, Elfline suggests.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Their great warm faces looked down upon me from the mantelpiece, they floated in a bowl upon the table by the sofa, they stood, lean and graceful, on the writing desk beside the golden candlesticks.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier