baseboard

• She pressed her hands against the front baseboard, which had no grooves or other features to make it stand out, and tried to slide it to the left. —  Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle
• Feeling the inside pockets of suitcases and the undersides of drawers, checking the toilet tanks and objects in the freezer, looking for places where the carpet had been pried up or a baseboard removed and replaced—all of it took time. —  Muller, Marcia - [20] - While Other People Sleep
• Most of the baseboard was lying loose, prised away from the wall by a crowbar I recognised from the toolshed. —  A Letter of Mary - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 03
• Yes, de Gier thought, as the baseboard radiators popped and rattled in the warm room, the snow on the spruce outside glowed a deep red in the gentle touch of the setting sun, and the bourbon seeped through his tall body. —  The Maine Massacre - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 07
• Life as a daycare center was hard on any home—juice stains along the baseboard, sticky handprints on the wall, grimy traffic patterns worn into the carpet were to be expected. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 03] - Butchers Hill

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