sill
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“They write words on the sill between them and wipe them off, their palms and feet dark with dust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
"I looked out the window and the water was lapping at the bottom of the window sill," he recalled.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
The Red Sea was initially connected from the north to the Mediterranean through a shallow sill.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
“It’s the law,” the not-unkind super replies — though Alex, now 2, can barely sit up, let alone reach the sill.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Once he had stood only to its sill, his forehead there, pressing into the wood, but now he was so tall he could see inside without effort.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
Inside, chocolate brown wood is everywhere: walls, beams, window sills, paneling, wainscoting, furniture, not to mention built-in cabinets, benches and window seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
I have so many books, but never enough shelves, so I have books everywhere — piled up on tables, chairs, running along window sills, books in every available nook and cranny.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
Snow gently piled on window sills and in corners didn’t melt, revealing one piece of trivia most Hallmark aficionados have long known.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
"The flooding was level with the window sills... we have £1.5m worth of parts ready to go out to a customer, they are now all scrap," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
Using only my good arm is awkward, but I stack firewood on the sills of the two windows that are missing their panes.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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