chimney sweep

Example Sentences

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The film’s producers certainly would have found someone else to play Bert the chimney sweep.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

Sherman considered “Mary Poppins,” which starred Andrews in the title role and Dick Van Dyke as Bert the chimney sweep, as “the turning point in our lives, and it’s the highest point in our career.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

Burgum began his rise to fame as a chimney sweep.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2023

He and his men were struggling to clean out the barrel of their mud-encrusted howitzer with a long metal brush like a chimney sweep.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Boys and girls laugh and call out, Here’s the chimney sweep.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt