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
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
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
“I’m used to talking about the Greek crisis, or the recent train drivers’ strike, but little did I expect that the paternoster would turn into my subject,” Strohschneider said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
"Well, old 'un; what luck with the paternoster?" he asked, cheerily.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
