sill
Example Sentences
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Christopher clambered up onto the sill and, inch by inch, lifted the window higher.
From Literature
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Video footage from inside their Riverside home showed water levels reaching just below the window sill, after the the Six Mile Water River burst its banks.
From BBC
Natalie grabbed the sill of the high window from the outside and pulled herself up—easier now that the water was higher—and saw her mother’s frightened face.
From Literature
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The owl stared at her long and hard before at last opening its wings and, with an impatient flutter, landing beside her on the sill.
From Literature
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"I looked out the window and the water was lapping at the bottom of the window sill," he recalled.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.