Sentence examples for upon the ceiling from inspiring English sources

For a while she lay on her back, watching the stars come out upon the ceiling of her grotto, listening to the little snores.

Mel Brooks shows you -- so could Barbra Streisand, once, or Fred Astaire always: the sublimity isn't in the particular style but in the determination, the kind that plants itself on the prow of a tugboat and caterwauls at a fleeing camera, or finds a way, when trapped in a tiny room, to dance upon the ceiling.

All of a sudden a huge bomb exploded beneath us, collapsing the ceiling upon us and catapulting us down two floors.

where ceil denotes the ceiling function.

If the pieces are not fit together, the pile continues to climb toward the ceiling, and upon reaching it, the game is over.

You probably know the spiel by now: Labour "wrecked" the economy by frittering away too much on public services, and as a consequence we must endure years of hardship lest "the markets" (read: bankers) get the jitters and yank the ceiling down upon our heads.

Upon hearing noises coming from the ceiling, a woman who was cleaning a stall in the locker room's restroom looked up to see Martinez removing a ventilation tile and entering the area, she added.

There were gray-white stalactites hanging from the ceiling, and gallery upon gallery of arched darkness.

Similarly, someone mentions yoga and you immediately imagine rows upon rows of women stretching towards the ceiling.

Upon being interrupted, the demon pins her to the ceiling, slashes her stomach and causes her to burst into flames.

Room 256 has high ceilings, high windows and an unbelievable amount of clutter, including half a dozen models of the solar system, quaintly obsolete electrical devices, the odd box of rocks, bottles of chemicals with yellowing labels, one computer for a dozen teachers and a ceiling fan that, upon closer inspection, is a floor fan lashed to the ceiling.