hearthstone
Example Sentences
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For the next century or so, the rubble provided doorsteps and hearthstone for the local populace and mortar for the building trade, while the Turkish garrison used the carved figures for target practice.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
This noble edifice . . . will contain our hearthstone, our workshop, our temple.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kicking it apart, he found that the hearthstone moved.
From Time Magazine Archive
The city culturally has been a family without a hearthstone.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You are better, then. You may sit you down in my chair on the hearthstone, if you will.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
