chimney
Example Sentences
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"The house wasn't there, it was just bits of bricks and a chimney."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
A pile of bricks from a chimney of a home destroyed in the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Only one small piece of the house remained: a brick fireplace with its chimney, situated near windows with bird’s-eye views of the Pacific Ocean below.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Another, in Silverdale, posted: "Loud rumble and rattling of fixtures in house, as though something had collapsed or the chimney had fallen off. Significant enough to go outside to check."
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
The glow, the actual light in the Mirror, began to trickle out of the hole in the middle of the Mirror, just like smoke rising out of a chimney.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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