electrolier

Example Sentences

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He raised a pair of anguished eyes to the green and yellow paper festoons that trailed from the electrolier above the dining-table to various picture nails in the walls.

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

And he was no more than there, in the shadow of the portières, when light from an electrolier flooded the reception-hall.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph

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

Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness.

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

But it was not the furnishing or the rich little gilt table by the bedside or the hanging electrolier which attracted T. B.'s attention; rather his eyes fell instantly upon the man on the bed.

From The Secret House by Wallace, Edgar