mantel
Example Sentences
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After China took up the mantel as mediator, the two sides agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It’s for the mantel, for our boys,’” Song revealed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
Christmas often inspires visions of perfection: the geometrically precise tree, the artfully arranged mantel, the candlelit feast a flawless tableau.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Phil to take the mantel of the storied New York Philharmonic, his Mahler is neither overly exuberant nor constrained by grief and Berliner decorum.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
He took his watch, his silver pencil and pad, his cigarettes and matches from the mantel and distributed them among his pockets.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
