Sentence examples for mantlepiece from inspiring English sources

The word 'mantlepiece' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the flat shelf placed above a fireplace. For example, "She placed her knickknacks on the mantlepiece over the fireplace."

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mantlepiece

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Alternative spelling of mantelpiece

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On the mantlepiece is a lunch invitation from the Maharajah of Jodhpur (Mr Moynihan is, after all, a former ambassador to India, as well as to the UN).

The Echo actually works pretty well, and there's nothing more futuristic than having an omnipresent virtual butler to keep track of your life sat on your mantlepiece.

He won promotion with Newcastle in 1993, after Keegan had returned in spectacular fashion as a manager, then made a space on his mantlepiece for the Premiership winners' medal that did not come with "the Entertainers" in 1996.

His protege still holds the course amateur record: Willett's scorecard (67 on a handicap of +1) has been rendered into a metal plaque and sits on the mantlepiece underneath a flat screen TV in the club cafe.

Record awards cover the living room walls, while photographs fill the mantlepiece.

Then, just as granddad is on the verge of giving up, Leigh Griffiths appears on the mantlepiece.

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Meanwhile, Mr. Masloski designed a mantlepiece-sized statue of Rip, now on display at the Sunnyside Federal Savings Bank and slated to be auctioned at the fund-raiser.

Have it with the candle on top of the glass, creating height and drama on the dinner table; or turn it upside down with the length of the candle inside the glass, an option that creates more room for display on shelves and mantlepieces.

An endless sequence of flooding sinks, moody shots of mantlepieces heaving with sepia prints, and dramatic shots of the Yorkshire skyline or blustering beaches with a ghostly Indian woman cavorting around like a character from The Ring.

They are producing everything from baked ceramic door handles to trestle tables and mantlepieces made from the crushed rubble on the site, and using the Turner prize exhibition as a platform to boost sales – profits from which are all pumped back into the project.

Surrounded by golden mantlepieces, tasselled curtains and a coterie of suits, Mohamed Morsi did not have the air of a man about to be ousted as president.

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