banister

Example Sentences

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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

She can now ride her bike again and walk up stairs "without hanging on to the banister".

From BBC • May 22, 2025

There were icicle lights outside their rural Georgia home, garland on the banister and stockings hanging above the fireplace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Pennoyer ordered garlands on Amazon to hang over doors and windows and run up the banister.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Finally Peter and I leaned over the banister, straining our ears like a couple of burglars to hear the sounds from downstairs.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank