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

There was Macklin as Shylock, with knife in hand; and Kemble, in the solemn weeds of the Dane; and Kean in the place of honor over the chimneypiece.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

He drew back from her, and leaned against the chimneypiece and looked at her more intently than before.

From The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur by Sinclair, May

An engraved portrait of the illustrious Hahnemann occupied the place of honor over the chimneypiece.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

‘Fixed as the look the young fellow meets is, there is yet in it some strange power of suddenly including the sketch over the chimneypiece.’

From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson