banister

Example Sentences

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Less typically, hockey jerseys with numbers commemorating her 99th, 100th and 101st birthdays are hung over the spiral banister across from her dining room.

From Seattle Times

Undeterred by pepper balls and fired plastic projectiles, Reffitt advanced step by step up a banister, using his megaphone and waving his arms to encourage those behind him over the next eight minutes.

From Washington Post

In addition to smashing windows, the protesters took baseball bats to the curving brass banister of an interior stairwell.

From Los Angeles Times

Armed with a set of spoons, he battered them against every available surface — from his knees, teeth and cheeks to pillars, sidewalks and banisters — scooping rhythmic staccatos out of thin air.

From Seattle Times

I can navigate stairs without clutching the banister.

From New York Times