gasolier

Example Sentences

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In the pilot, we got some 1860s gasolier globes, and when they arrived, they were broken.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2012

It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

From the gasolier in the centre chains of coloured paper were festooned to the corners of the room.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

The lady who was cousin to a baronet had shifted her chair beneath the gasolier, her eyes bent on her everlasting crochet work.

From Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

The gasolier trembled, the floor throbbed, the little goblin dwelling pulsated as if it were alarmed.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca