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Sentences starting with ceiling

Ceiling and floor, chairs and tables, were made of the same dark-brown wood that covered the walls, along which beds were ranged like berths. [10]

Sentences ending with ceiling

It had glass windows and a lion on a blue shield on the door, and within it was all salmon silk, save the painted design on the ceiling. [9]
Do you know whether Fraulein Van Hoogstraten--" "Up there," replied Georg, pointing towards the ceiling. [10]
The wonderful turmoil went on--presently a bright spark sprung from a blade, and that blade broken in several pieces, sent one of its fragments flying to the ceiling. [5]
He drew himself up to a sitting posture, but his head struck a curved stone ceiling. [11]
It was fitted up as a library, with tall shelves reaching almost to the ceiling. [9]
The candles threw their flickering rays upward until they danced on the high ceiling. [9]
Across the street the light in Mr. Tiernan's shop was still burning, and through the window she perceived Mr. Tiernan himself tilted back in his chair, his feet on the table, the tip of his nose pointed straight at the ceiling. [9]
She returned into the great parlor with the wrought cornices and the medallion-portraits on the ceiling. [6]
In her terror she dared not open her eyes for fear of seeing on all hands the hideous images on the walls and ceiling. [10]
How could she reach the high ceiling? [4]

More example sentences with the word ceiling in them

Some summer insect, with no escape into the air, flew blindly to and fro, beating its body against the walls and ceiling, and filling the silent place with murmurs. [12]
The wizened Elder, with eyes upon the ceiling and his long white chin like ivory on his great collar, began to pray, sitting where he was, his hands upon his knees. [11]
And Boemund Altrosen, who stood opposite to her, leaning against one of the pillars which supported the arched ceiling of the room, how came he here? [10]
The bed- posts were sawed off on top, as the ceiling was not more than four feet from the improvised floor. [5]
He had been watching a man's face for some time; but his eyes were now idly following the smoke of his cigarette as it floated away to the ceiling in fading circles. [11]
A lamp which was still burning hung from the ceiling, but Frau Ratzer raised the tallow candle she had carried to the door, threw its light upon her face, and nodded approvingly. [10]
It was completely wainscoted with wood, and from the centre of the richly-carved ceiling a strange picture gleamed in brilliant hues. [10]
He went and unhooked a fine brass lantern, of old Dutch workmanship, swung from the ceiling by a chain. [11]
The dusty cobwebs under the ceiling had the look of not having had any business for a century. [5]
On the ceiling, too, there was strange imagery; and when she looked at the floor to rest her bewildered fancy, her eyes fell on a troop of furies pursuing the wicked, or a pool of fire by which horrible monsters kept guard. [10]
She was glad to be alone, and it was very comfortable to rest on the soft cushions under the gilt-coffered ceiling of the arcade. [10]
The organ in the orchestra cost--you must supply the figure, Mr. Tyers,--and the ceiling is at least two hundred feet high. [9]
Remarkable documents,' added the lawyer, raising his eyes to the ceiling, 'most remarkable documents. [12]
The sight of the dingy ceiling and the gas-fixture depending therefrom dispelled the illusion. [6]
His head-dress touched the ceiling, and the narrow streak of light, which fell through the opening in the roof, streamed on his handsome head and his breast, while all around him was veiled in twilight gloom. [10]
Upon the heavy tables were costly, illuminated volumes; luxurious chairs and ottomans invited to easy rest; and upon the ceiling Aurora led forth all the flower-strewing daughters of the dawn in brilliant frescoes. [4]
In his large study, the walls of which were hung to the ceiling with Persian rugs, bearskins, and weapons, sat Dolokhov in a traveling cloak and high boots, at an open desk on which lay abacus and some bundles of paper money. [2]
Against the wall stood a huge stone mantel of the Tudor period, and the ceiling was of wood. [9]
Then she lay staring at the ceiling, and did not stir again. [10]
The blue curling smoke from Mrs. Chandos' cigarette mingled with the haze that hung between the ceiling and the floor, and that lady was in the act of saying cheerfully to Howard, who sat opposite,--"Trixy's run off with her. [9]
Streaks of grease smoke floated fantastically beneath the low ceiling, and Hannah, with the frying-pan in one hand and a fork in the other, was bending over the stove. [9]
The ceiling was slightly vaulted, and in the centre of each mesh of the net designed upon it glittered a richly gilded kingfisher from the family coat of arms. [10]
Instead of her silver rays, the long entry of the Ortlieb house, with its lofty ceiling, was illumined only by the light of three lanterns, which struggled dimly through horn panes. [10]
Yet the proverb says: 'Stretch yourself towards the ceiling, or your feet will freeze--'Necessity knows no law,' and 'Reserve to preserve. [10]
He had not sat in the chapel more than a quarter of an hour, and with his eyes piously fixed upon the ceiling was chuckling inwardly over the joke of his being there at all, when Kit himself appeared. [12]
Once more Kaschta rushed towards the window, the bystanders could see that the ceiling of the room was about to fail, and called out to warn him, but he was already astride the sill. [10]
But this very reflection made me so lighthearted that my Conscience could hardly keep his seat, but was like to float aloft toward the ceiling like a toy balloon. [5]
Through the porch Psamtik passed on into a lofty entrance-chamber, and from thence into the great hall itself, the ceiling of which was strewn with thousands of golden stars, and supported by four rows of lofty pillars. [10]
They formed in procession, cross the floor, climbed the wall, marched across the ceiling to a point just over the cup, then one by one they let go and fell down into it! [5]
After weeks of privation and suffering, people still cling to their houses and leave only when there is not room between the water and the ceiling to build a scaffold on which to stand. [5]
The walls will press upon me, the ceiling will seem like a weight. [10]
The priest was powerfully made; so powerful indeed, so tall was he, that when, in one of the changes of the music, a kind of exaltation filled him, and he came to his feet, his head almost touched the ceiling. [11]
To the imminent peril of one of the frailest of Mrs. Forsythe's chairs, he sat down on it, placed his hands on his knees, flung back his head, and blew the smoke towards the ceiling. [9]
A large bedstead, over which a pointed canopy of heavy silk rose to the ceiling, stood at the back, the coffin in which the dead woman lay had been placed in the middle of the room. [10]
She, too, grew out of the design in the cracks of the ceiling, and a greater fear seized me at sight of her features than when the red face came out of the brambles. [9]
The green velarium or awning, which during the day had screened off the sun's rays where the middle of the ceiling was open to the sky, was now rolled back, and the moon and stars looked down into the room. [10]
The lofty reception-hall opening on to the gardens, with its ceiling sown with thousands of golden stars and supported by gaily-painted columns, presented a magic appearance. [10]
Set to work on the steeds now, and when you have progressed far enough, you shall transfer these sketches to the ceiling and walls of the riding-school. [10]
Once--perhaps a score of times, I cannot tell--was limned on the ceiling, where the cracks were, her miniature, and I knew what was coming and shuddered and cried aloud because I could not stop it. [9]
The clear surface of the perfumed water mirrored statues of nymphs fleeing from the pursuit of satyrs, and reflected the shimmering light of numbers of lamps suspended from the ceiling. [10]
From the balcony of the audience chamber a flourish of trumpets echoed loudly along the arches of the lofty, vaulted ceiling of the apartment, and the Emperor, leading the company, crossed the threshold attended by several dignitaries, the court jesters, and some pages. [10]
Three little spheres of soft phosphorescent light appeared on the ceiling directly over my head, clung and glowed there a moment, and then dropped --two of them upon my face and one upon the pillow. [5]
For its nobility of form, its deft and wise softness of colouring, its half-smothered Italian joyousness of design in ceiling and cornice, the arrangement of choice and exquisite furniture was too careful, too much like the stage. [11]
With a sense of being led, psychically as well as physically, he followed Mr. Bentley into a large bedroom, where a high, four-posted bed lifted a pleated canopy toward the ceiling. [9]
But he did not mean to cry any more, so he turned his attention to the ceiling. [10]
As he received no answer, and thus learned that he was alone, he rose, drew himself up to his full height, gazed heavenward with his bandaged eyes, stretched both hands toward the ceiling of the low cabin, and obeyed his friend's bidding. [10]
So go on my buck,' said Mr Swiveller, taking his leave of the ceiling with a significant nod, 'and let us see which of us will be tired first! [12]
This is the more probable from the circumstance of Mr Swiveller directing his observations to the ceiling, which these bodily personages are usually supposed to inhabit--except in theatrical cases, when they live in the heart of the great chandelier. [12]
Above the carved mantel of yellowing marble was a quaintly shaped mirror extending to the high ceiling, and flanked on either side by sconces. [9]
The entrance was low; but the cave was spacious, not large, but big enough, with a level floor and a vaulted ceiling. [4]
But for the low ceiling and the wide cypress puncheons of the floor the room might have been a boudoir in a manor-house. [9]
This hall, whose low arched ceiling was supported by three pairs of heavy columns, was furnished like a reception-room. [10]
As I was listening to the merriment of the sooty buffoons, I happened to cast my eyes up to the ceiling, and through an open semicircular window a bright solitary star looked me calmly in the eyes. [6]
All night he lay with his yellow eyes wide open, gazing at the ceiling. [11]
This was a large room, with a splendidly inlaid and polished floor, the walls covered with crimson satin, the cornices heavily incrusted with gold, and the ceiling beautifully painted in arabesque. [6]
A beautifully-polished copper lamp hung from the ceiling and the little room exactly suited its mistress both were neat and clean, trim and spruce, simple and yet nice. [10]
Sometimes he stared into his wine, sometimes into vacancy, sometimes at the vaulted ceiling above. [10]
There they were, in stately rows, from the floor to the high ceiling, and a portable ladder with which to reach them. [9]
A lady sitting in her rocking and quaking parlor, saw the wall part at the ceiling, open and shut twice, like a mouth, and then-drop the end of a brick on the floor like a tooth. [5]
His eye took in every window and door, and ran along the ceiling and the wall. [11]
The mantel, carved in delicate wreaths, is boarded up, and an unsightly stove mocks the gilded ceiling. [9]
From the ceiling hung two crossed iron triangles, forming a six-pointed star. [10]
Behind her deepened hospitably the spacious hall, studded and heavy beamed, with its unpainted pine ceiling toned to a good brown by smoke and time. [11]
Then he crossed his legs and blew smoke toward the ceiling. [9]
For fifteen minutes he vainly strove to fix the necessary attention upon his task, then grasped his study-chair to rest his folded arms on the high, perforated back, adorned with simple carving, and gazed thoughtfully at the wooden wainscoting of the ceiling. [10]
With this view, he issued forth to a place hard by, where sea-stores were sold, purchased a second-hand hammock, and had it slung in seamanlike fashion from the ceiling of the counting-house. [12]
A little lamp hanging from the ceiling threw a dull light on him and on the lute he was playing. [10]
The travelers scarcely had time indeed to get accustomed to the splendors of the great saloon where the tables were spread for meals, a marvel of paint and gilding, its ceiling hung with fancifully cut tissue-paper of many colors, festooned and arranged in endless patterns. [5]
He produced a gold cigarette case, offered me a cigarette, which I refused, took one himself and blew the smoke in rings toward the ceiling. [9]
This excellent, good-natured giant, whose head rubs the ceiling of any room in the house, has a wife who is fond of him, and in great dread of the brigands. [4]
The sunlight, reflected from the rippling water outside, danced on the ceiling. [9]
They are intended for the walls and ceiling of the new winter riding-school. [10]
Even the bed-rooms for the king and his suite were splendidly decorated; finely embroidered purple stuffs covered the walls, a light cloud of pale blue gauze hung across the ceiling, and giraffe skins were laid instead of carpets on the floors. [10]
Washington began to feel that the eyes of the public were on him also, and his eyes rolled about, now towards the ceiling, now towards the floor, in an effort to look unconscious. [5]
Every eye, she fancied, must see through her; and now and then it seemed as though the pillars of the great banqueting-hall, where her mother still lay, were tottering, and the ceiling about to fall in and crush her. [10]
The day was fading fast, and the leaping flames behind the andirons threw fantastic shadows across the beams of the ceiling. [9]
Every pillar and every statue was built round with a scaffolding reaching to the ceiling on which men were climbing and crowding each other just as the sailors climb into the enemy's ships in the Naumachia. [10]
Standing at the door, he had a vista of an eighth of a mile of small tables, sparkling with brilliant service of glass and porcelain, chandeliers and frescoed ceiling. [4]
Bigler said he didn't know; he'd been in it once, and he could touch the ceiling in the side aisle with his hand. [5]
Here were the damp walls, the wooden bench, the window in the ceiling, of which he had heard. [10]
The walls were covered with tufa and stalagmites, shells, mountain crystals, and corals, and from the lofty ceiling hung large stalactites. [10]
The ceiling was completely covered with names, dates, and monograms, done with candle-smoke. [5]
He kept his chin down in his collar, but spoke at the ceiling like one blind, though his eyes were sharp enough on occasion. [11]
In the subterranean chambers at the side of the hall, and in the second story, which could not be commenced until the ceiling was completed, store-rooms were to be made, and below and beside them were passages for ventilation and the storage of combustible materials. [10]
Inside, the low ceiling, the broad rafters, the great fireplace, the well-worn floor, the deep windows, the wooden cross let into the wall, and the varied and picturesque humanity frequenting this great room, gave it an air of romance. [11]
The carved oaken ceiling, lofty though it was, had the effect of pressing downward, the heavy furniture matched the heavy walls, and even the silent, quick-moving servants had a watchful air. [9]
The walls and ceiling of the entire hall were covered with plates of burnished gold, and the floor with purple carpets. [10]
What had first called my attention to her, was my stepping on an outlying flange of her foot, and hearing, from up toward the ceiling, a deep "Pardon, m'sieu, but you encroach! [5]
A wood fire burned brightly on the brass andirons, flinging its glare on the big, white beam that crossed the ceiling, and reddening the square panes of the windows in their panelled recesses. [9]
Tom racked his brain for a new topic, opened his roll-top desk, drummed on it, looked up at the ceiling and whistled softly, and then turned and faced again the imperturbable Euphrasia. [9]
Thus it would be: on the low, white ceiling five cracks came together, and that was a device. [9]
Carnac noticed that Barouche listened good- naturedly, and now and then cocked his head and looked up at the ceiling as though to find something there. [11]
Ian Belward sat back and looked at the ceiling reflectively. [11]
She looked listlessly at the pictures, the painted ceiling, where the loves garlanded with flowers chased each other; she lifted and let drop wearily the rich hangings. [4]
He looked inquiringly at the Ambassadress, and she responded: "We come from the Khedive, and he bids us carry you his high considerations--" "Yes, 'high considerations,' he said," interjected Dicky with his eye towards a fly on the ceiling. [11]
Mr Brass looked at him, at his sister, at the walls, at the ceiling, at the floor--everywhere but at Kit, who stood quite stupefied and motionless. [12]
It was wide and cool, white panelled to the ceiling, with a dark oak floor. [9]
The cool night air blew upon him from the open ceiling. [10]
Whilst Eva, completely absorbed in herself, was forming this resolution, Els, panting for breath, stood at the open window under the ceiling of the Council chamber, gazing down and listening to the sounds from beneath. [10]
But Patience was a student of the heavens as well as of the earth, and it was upon the ceiling that her imagination expanded. [4]

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