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
Marguerite, give me that vial, there on the chimneypiece.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Eug?ne Sue
And then they looked up to the portrait gazing down at them from the chimneypiece, seeming almost to smile sadly upon them as they watched the skilful limning of the beloved features.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
He wheeled round, and looked at himself in the large glass over the chimneypiece.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I was about to be frightened when a man arose and restlessly moved toward the chimneypiece, not because there was anything there he desired to see, but because he couldn't continue to sit still.
From The High Heart by Basil King
