Hearthrug
[hɑ:θrʌg]
Examples
- I suspect that is a wise man, remarked Mr. March, with placid satisfaction, from the hearthrug, after the last guest had gone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If I had been in HIS place--I would have laid you dead on the hearthrug. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Such was the stately presence who looked stonily at us from the centre of Dr. Huxtable's hearthrug. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr Merdle was slinking about the hearthrug, waiting to welcome Mrs Sparkler. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He sat bowed over, his head between his hands, staring at the hearthrug, and at the tip of the satin shoe that showed under her dress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- On the hearthrug lay Clym asleep. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was standing on the hearthrug in the bedroom, looking upon the floor, her hands clasped in front of her, her bonnet yet unremoved. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Inputed by Dennis