Sentence examples for under a ladder from inspiring English sources

The man who is afraid to walk under a ladder (phobophobia).

When Skinner assumes singing duties, he does little better – his Under a Ladder being the most painful of all.

Those words can be interpreted as both a jinx and bulletin-board fodder: the equivalent of crossing a black cat's path under a ladder while shouting, "Neener, neener!" at the opposition.

And yet we persist, when under pressure (which of us, in all honesty, would happily walk under a ladder on our way to take a driving test?), in trusting to charms that we then claim to dismiss as worthless.

Or, if you prefer a water-based analogy, it's like the first time you use a garden hose in the spring after it's been sitting under a ladder in the shed all winter.

Alex Horne Monsieur Butterflyy is at the Pleasance Courtyard, 15-29 August I will not be telling a joke under any of the following circumstances: under a ladder; over running water; indoors; on the 6th or the 13th; facing south; near a precariously balanced mirror.

Walking under a ladders - this is believed to be bad luck as a ladder leaning against the wall forms a triangle - symbol of the Holy Trinity.

Two-term directed research project under the supervision of a ladder faculty member.

The unidentified man on the second floor passed the boy to firefighters, who had placed a ladder under the window.

I climbed down a ladder under a grass-covered pillbox five hundred feet away from the House of Resistance, and, ten minutes later, I found my way inside Qaddafi's home.

I saw a small, slight man with shaggy dark hair dart into the room, carrying a push broom and a ladder under one arm with no discernible strain.