mantel - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • respectability: People need to be aware that just as Hitler did in the 30s, the BNP is hiding behind the mantel of respectability.
  • deity: Nor shall we truly be in a position to assume this mantel of deity until our feeding habits have been changed.

Converse of object

  • make: This was the first example of a wooden mantel made to replicate the look of cast iron, common in Victorian times.
  • assume: Tim Johnson has decided that it is time to let someone else assume this mantel.
  • discuss: Please call our victorian marble mantel showroom to discuss victorian marble mantel, regency register grates the CD in more detail.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: Tudor Arch A shallow pointed arch usually in stone but also appears on wooden mantels.
  • Victorian: Please call our victorian marble mantel showroom to discuss victorian marble mantel, regency register grates the CD in more detail.
  • Edwardian: The fireplace was removed from a large detached mock tudor property in Winchester and came with an Edwardian painted fruitwood mantel.
  • Italian: It includes English Irish Scottish French georgian chimneypieces custom made surrounds and Italian mantels from the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • beautiful: Beautiful mantel, carriage and alarm clocks - quality at its best.

Modifies a noun

  • shelf: The room has an oil fired Rayburn set within the brick chimney breast with a pitch pine mantel shelf.
  • clock: See the time slowly ticking away as you watch this fine mantel clock and think about the meaning of it all.
  • piece: They are finished in a white quartz graphite with a copper insert in the mantel piece.
  • showroom: Please call our victorian marble mantel showroom to discuss victorian marble mantel, regency register grates the CD in more detail.

Noun used with modifier

  • marble: Some more potent upheaval had cloven a great slice from the marble mantel.
  • fireplace: A fireplace mantel can be made of many different things.
  • oak: Brick open fireplace with an oak mantel, a brick hearth with oak edging & two display recesses.
  • timber: Feature stone paved ornamental fireplace recess, timber mantel, textured ceiling.
  • stone: Exposed stone wall, raised hand built stone fireplace with stone mantel, inset electric fire.
  • gas: You had to come in, across the room in the dark and light the gas mantel.

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