paternoster
Example Sentences
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
It warns of the “risk of being crushed … between car and landing”, and states that the paternoster is only to be ridden “at the user’s own risk”.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Sancho commenced to shake like a leaf, and even Don Quixote was frightened and muttered a paternoster between his teeth while his hair stood on end.
From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence
