housetop
Example Sentences
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Two generations later, during the Civil War, Moby-Dick author Herman Melville stood in the night on his Manhattan housetop as he watched the city burn.
From Time ● Sep. 19, 2014
The first shot sends a screaming firework over a housetop and into the trees.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
Scarcely had she moved from the British-protected waters before her crew saw rockets flare from a housetop on the Rock.
From Time Magazine Archive
A cone on the housetop lets in air which settles evenly down in a slow draft.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Christian mysteries are spoken on the housetop, nor does the word imply anything as to the comprehensibility of the doctrines or facts which are so called.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
