How To Use Mantlepiece In A Sentence
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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
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But the mantlepiece will probably remain bare, for the time being at least.
The Sun
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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
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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
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`So,' she said, getting up to light a joss stick on the mantlepiece.
FALLEN WOMEN
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Inside, in the top-floor press conference room, the mantlepiece was strewn with fir boughs and large wooden apples.
Times, Sunday Times
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I gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantlepiece.
Chapter 6
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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
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Add fairylights in an empty fireplace, on the mantlepiece and over door frames.
Times, Sunday Times
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We left the ticket on the mantlepiece overnight.
The Sun
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Our generation used to keep grand invitations on the mantlepiece to show off how popular we were.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the mantlepiece was a little old daguerreotype, slightly pinked in the cheeks, of his grandfather — ‘Superior Dosset’ set in a deep, enamelled frame.
Swan Song
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On the walls of his bed-room and over the mantlepiece was a text emblazoned, on which at evening and morning he could look, which read:
The Grand Old Man
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The elegant parlour features an entire mantlepiece and alcove made of marble that's more like a small sitting room.
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‘But on the day she was so happy and so beautiful,’ says Mark, gazing at her picture on the mantlepiece with tears in his eyes.
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She supposed she must have risen at some point to light a candle on the mantlepiece.
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Family snapshots adorn the mantlepiece.
Times, Sunday Times
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Wooden double doors lead through the drawing room, which is a similar size and features an impressive fireplace with a marble mantlepiece, brass grate and marble hearth.
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The scrumpy middle-aged ones who've begun to sag have nice houses with a couple of tasteful pictures on the mantlepiece and a fresh rug, showing off a house that looks as lived in as the bodies they're revealing.
Oscar Nominee Roundup: The Queen and The Departed
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The drawing room overlooks the front garden and features an original fireplace with a marble mantlepiece and cast iron inset.
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Usually I wouldn't even see the dust on the piano/the mantlepiece / the windowsills.
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Family GuyFamily Guy inherited the dysfunctional family mantle - or perhaps mantlepiece, since it's still all suburban - and pushed the boundaries further than The Simpsons has in a long time, frequently offending at least eight separate special interest groups in one 23 minute show.
The Flintstones celebrate 50 year anniversary with a Google doodle
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She took down an inkily glazed cast from the mantlepiece and passed it to him.
