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mantlepiece

[ UK /mˈɑːntə‍lpˌiːs/ ]
NOUN
  1. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

How To Use mantlepiece In A Sentence

  • One almost expects to see some little Disney-like figures of our presidents on the mantlepiece, and some Venetian blinds at the windows. Joan Z. Shore: A French Oval Office: Fit for a King
  • But the mantlepiece will probably remain bare, for the time being at least. The Sun
  • Just in front of him on the mantlepiece was a photograph of his grandfather, old Jolyon, taken in his eighties — the last record of that old face, its broad brow, and white moustache, its sunken cheeks, deep, steady eyes, and strong jaw. Swan Song
  • Waking up the next morning, looking up at the grandiose corniced ceilings, marble mantlepiece and antique dressing table, I felt like a slightly less evil Marie Antoinette. Louise Roe: Playing Princess In Paris: My 24 Hours At The Plaza Athenee
  • `So,' she said, getting up to light a joss stick on the mantlepiece. FALLEN WOMEN
  • Inside, in the top-floor press conference room, the mantlepiece was strewn with fir boughs and large wooden apples. Times, Sunday Times
  • I gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantlepiece. Chapter 6
  • Waking up the next morning, looking up at the grandiose corniced ceilings, marble mantlepiece and antique dressing table, I felt like a slightly less evil Marie Antoinette. Louise Roe: Playing Princess In Paris: My 24 Hours At The Plaza Athenee
  • Add fairylights in an empty fireplace, on the mantlepiece and over door frames. Times, Sunday Times
  • We left the ticket on the mantlepiece overnight. The Sun
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