electrolier

Example Sentences

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The maid had forgotten to switch on the electrolier and as the only light came from the distant dining-room, the big parlor was practically all in gloom.

From The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure by Hornblow, Arthur

Mrs. Heth, who had helped Willie with his furnishings, had considered it the prettiest electrolier that fourteen dollars would buy in the town during the week before last.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

But he sat down at the oval table under the electrolier, and came abruptly to his point.

From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

The powerful electrolier overhead cast its light full on Howard's haggard face and on the captain's scowling features.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles