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

He wheeled round, and looked at himself in the large glass over the chimneypiece.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

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

A tall, massive man, in evening dress, leaned with an elbow on the chimneypiece, his head lightly resting on his hand, one foot on the edge of the fender.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

I had felt every knob on the fireplace and chimneypiece, and every stone up the chimney as far as I could reach.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)