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
The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
It warns of the “risk of being crushed … between car and landing”, and states that the paternoster is only to be ridden “at the user’s own risk”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
Nowadays, the very paternoster that inspired Heinrich Böll’s story is the setting for a popular weekly radio celebrity interview by West German Radio called the WDR2 Paternoster.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
Lester trembled as these legends passed through his mind, crossed himself, and with great devotion muttered a paternoster.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
