Sentence examples for off the parapet from inspiring English sources

So far, no one has stepped off the parapet onto the wrong side.

In 1905, during a South American tour, she had injured her right knee when jumping off the parapet in the last scene of La Tosca.

The official canon of opera debacles includes such episodes as Leo Slezak missing the swan boat in "Lohengrin" and asking, "When does the next swan leave?"; Birgit Nilsson singing Isolde opposite three different Tristans, one per act; and a heavyset Tosca jumping off the parapet and bouncing back up from a hidden trampoline (an apocryphal but irresistible story).

In the novel, Esther manages to beat him off, but is left dirtied, humiliated and abused, and on her return to the Amazon [the Barbizon] goes up to the roof of the hotel and throws all her clothes off the parapet.

I all but jumped off the parapet at the end to ensure everything was perfect.

It lasted about as long as some Italian governments: in just 90 minutes Scarpia was dead, Tosca had hurled herself off the parapet, and the audience was back strolling the streets, hunting for the perfect linguine alle vongole.

It was here upon the crest of the parapet that Colonel Shaw fell".

He sets himself up on the parapet, he's early.

I lean on the parapet and look down at the honking traffic.

Mr Schofield said: "They are prepared to put their lives on the parapet every single day.

There is decorative machicolation on the parapet.