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  • A creak here, a scratch there, wind at the chimney's mouth, then groaning under the eaves.

    A House 2010

  • Tendril smoke from the chimney's one nostril spread out flat under the morning fog.

    Book of Genesis 2010

  • He was struck by the fact that German Greens smoke like chimney's, rolling their own cigarettes of harsh tabacco like joints, but would find driving an SUV more horrifying than the idea of preemptive warfare.

    Nathan Gardels: Calabasas's Singapore Complex: Thank You For Climate Change 2008

  • Lamp chimney's busted and I've got three candles gummed to the edge of the table!

    The Assos Journals of Francis H. Bacon 2006

  • BTW-Don't stand up on any chimney's either (I saw your pic). .and don't dare take that little redhead up there either! re - "... everything Bush proposes in terms of the economy actually helps me"

    miles standish proud 2005

  • When it cleared the chimney's opening, Luke saw that a smoldering blanket dangled from its end.

    Tanner Ties Moreland, Peggy 2005

  • He shoved himself another inch, then another, but the chimney's sides were narrowing.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

  • All he had to do was use his bloodied hands to brake himself and so he let himself drop inch by inch until he came to the chimney's throat and then there was no way of stopping himself, so he just let go.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

  • He slipped a couple of times, then managed to push and pull his way up through the chimney's throat.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

  • Each time he wanted to move he had to lift a foot a few inches to find a rough ledge in the chimney's pointing, then shove himself up.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

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