mantelpiece

Example Sentences

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The dead duck on the mantelpiece let out a single protesting quack, but the portrait of Edward Ashton remained unchanged.

From Literature

Pictures of Kody, his older brother and their grandfather — all in their Navy uniforms — rest on the mantelpiece next to the folded flag from Kody’s funeral.

From Seattle Times

This parlour looked gloomy: a neglected handful of fire burnt low in the grate; and, leaning over it, with his head supported against the high, old-fashioned mantelpiece, appeared the blind tenant of the room.

From Literature

His world is utter hooey, but he finds satisfaction in small pleasures, like a properly dusted mantelpiece.

From New York Times

A thin ray of sun struck the prisms of a candelabrum on the mantelpiece, throwing brilliant, trembling shards of light that were distorted by the slant of the dormer walls.

From Literature