oaken - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • door: Slow they passed through the oaken door, Margaret, Elizabeth.
  • chair: The Kirk Session chair is believed to have been one of the ancient oaken chairs brought from Tantallon Castle on its final demolition.
  • plank: Consider the varied interplay in the woodgrain lines of an oaken plank, the soft matte finish of maple, the gloss of cherry.
  • table: We entered a sanded kitchen, and sat down by a large oaken table.
  • staircase: On, on went Lady Jane, through several corridors and chambers, until we came to the top of the oaken staircase.
  • beam: Within, the ceilings were corrugated with heavy oaken beams, and the uneven floors sagged into sharp curves.

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