chimneypiece

Example Sentences

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The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The chimneypiece was of dark marble; on it there were two bronze figures and a handsome clock, above it a very large picture of Queen Victoria's coronation.

From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

He had drawn his chair still closer to the fire, and now sat with his feet, not on the fender, but half-way up one of the pilasters that supported the chimneypiece.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Pretending dismay and stupefaction, he moved slowly back to the chimneypiece and leant against the wall.

From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice

There was Macklin as Shylock, with knife in hand; and Kemble, in the solemn weeds of the Dane; and Kean in the place of honor over the chimneypiece.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various