8 sentences with 'ceiling'

Example sentences and phrases with the word ceiling and other words derived from it.

« Propel the foot toward the ceiling until the thigh is parallel to the floor. »
« The oven is ready when its ceiling, which is vaulted and made of brick, turns white, at between 450 and 480° C. »
« Julius II paid Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and many of the other famous works of Renaissance artists adorn the walls and facades of Vatican buildings. »
« In Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, one can see how the walls and ceiling tiles seem to lean towards a point on the horizon behind Jesus (in the centre). That imaginary point - the 'vanishing point' - was one of the major artistic advances associated with linear perspective, pioneered by Brunelleschi. »
« Michelangelo Buonarroti created numerous works, including the statue of David and the ceiling paintings in the Sistine Chapel. »
« The result was that elite Indians too often came up against a 'glass ceiling' in the British Raj, able to rise to positions of importance but without real leadership. In turn, resentful elite Indians became the first Indian nationalists, organising what later became the Indian independence movement. »
« Make sure vending machines at school and recreation centres your children attend are bolted to a wall, ceiling or floor. And warn your children never to try to shake them. »
« Steve once found the body of a dead diver stuck in a crevice in the ceiling of a cavern, with living flesh where his fingernails had been, from his attempts to claw his way through the limestone. »

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