chimneypiece

Example Sentences

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The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

He had drawn his chair still closer to the fire, and now sat with his feet, not on the fender, but half-way up one of the pilasters that supported the chimneypiece.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

And then they looked up to the portrait gazing down at them from the chimneypiece, seeming almost to smile sadly upon them as they watched the skilful limning of the beloved features.

From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville

Marguerite, give me that vial, there on the chimneypiece.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne

And in his perturbation he glanced from her bent head to the picture above the chimneypiece from which Anthony Asshlin's ardent face showed out a vague patch of colour against its black background.

From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil