mantelpiece

Example Sentences

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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

In this scene, Catherine views the girl as a trinket -- "I want to have this little package on our mantelpiece," she whispers to her husband, freshly returned from slaughtering every ungulate in the region.

From Salon

She said her medal would be going "straight on the mantelpiece" in Nonnatus House, the fictional convent in her hit TV show.

From BBC

Sitting on their sofa, I look up at the photos of Star - with her large blue eyes - on the walls and the mantelpiece.

From BBC

Any writer would be proud to have it on the mantelpiece.

From New York Times