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
The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
“I’m used to talking about the Greek crisis, or the recent train drivers’ strike, but little did I expect that the paternoster would turn into my subject,” Strohschneider said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Not a thought of prayer, not one paternoster entered his mind.
From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
