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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

An Orkney stonemason has turned "snow mason" to build an impressive igloo with a working fire and chimney.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli