chimney

Example Sentences

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Among the first remnants of the building to be dismantled is a 'floating' chimney stack still attached to the adjoining block, several storeys above ground.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The chimney, says Akashi, is “a kind of restless object. It only functions with a home.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Once you create a chimney that stands alone, “it always signals that absence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

In Shropshire, firefighters trudged through half a mile of snow in the dark to deal with a chimney fire.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

When I carried the groceries back and left them on the porch, there was smoke coming from the chimney, and the milk, eggs, and vegetables were gone.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien