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Examples
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It sounds a small comfort to realise that when they spew their apparently insane educational, social ( "Be your own police officer/Latin master/firescreen gilder!") or fiscal policies, that they do make sense within a certain rarefied stratum – but comfort it is.
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After some deliberation, she decided that it was probably best to put it on the mantel over the firescreen in the corner.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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A painted firescreen stood before the huge hearth, to shield the diners nearest to it from the heat.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
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Keep a firescreen in front of the fire to keep jumping sparks or embers inside.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Keep a firescreen in front of the fire to keep jumping sparks or embers inside.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Keep a firescreen in front of the fire to keep jumping sparks or embers inside.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Keep a firescreen in front of the fire to keep jumping sparks or embers inside.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Aunt Ann sat upright, with her eyes closed; and Aunt Hester, after watching them for some minutes to see if they would open, took from under her cushion a library volume, and hiding it behind a firescreen, began to read — it was volume two and she did not yet know
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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She was exhibited to their guests like a valuable picture, or vase, or statue, or firescreen.
The Idiot 2002
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Lady Amelia fixed her eyes on the embroidered, heraldic firescreen; and proceeded dreamily.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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