It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. From LearnThat.org. [J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) ]
The porthole is the only thing that didn't get messed up. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
The round thing behind the porthole is a carry point for a life preserver. From Wordnik.com. [ZRecommends] Reference
Here for instance is a high quality skiing glove with a "porthole" for your watch. From Wordnik.com. [Luxist] Reference
A cellular "porthole" known best for its role in the digestive system apparently has a major role in. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Keeping in mind the timekeeping needs of the ski-buff, Aspen has made a special high quality skiing glove with a "porthole" for a watch. From Wordnik.com. [Luxurylaunches.com] Reference
He looked through the porthole at the raging storm. From Wordnik.com. [In His Own Defense]
While he waited he stood by the porthole lost in thought. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
No British were in sight, and he snapped his porthole shut. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
The porthole was battened down, and I had to cast it loose. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
That room also was in darkness, with only one porthole open. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
"Get up, lazyheads!" austerely flung down from the porthole. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference
From the porthole he could see the incredible mass of the ship. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory of Mars] Reference
He stood there, looking out the porthole, and forgot I was there. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker and the Stars] Reference
He can porthole inside a patient's room from just about anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2009] Reference
There was a porthole just ahead, slightly higher than his crouch. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Every house became in its turn a fortress, every window a porthole. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
Boradinov looked out of the porthole at the carrier, his face tight. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
I crawled through a porthole in the boat when I heard what they said. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid] Reference
"Just something the stormy petrels dropped through our porthole," said. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference
He led them to the stern, and to the little cabin, in which was a porthole. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship] Reference
Lucy kept her weary body propped at the porthole long after Gerard had gone. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
MICHAEL GLANCED OUT the porthole, not surprised to see the red sky of sunset. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
That's a biggun, and that's Steve Fossett somewhere behind that porthole there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2006] Reference
The cabin was only faintly lit by a moonbeam which found its way through the porthole. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
STECZ: I had to go through this porthole because that's the only place I could escape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2001] Reference
Wracked by chills, Lucy hugged the counterpane around her and stumbled to the porthole. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Gerard jumped to his feet, jerked his breeches up over his hips, and ran to the porthole. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
As he worked, he could see through the porthole that the fishing fleet was drawing nearer. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Alongside of the porthole we had a man watching with a telescope through another porthole. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Also their porthole was open in defiance of orders, and much water came into their stateroom. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
Every porthole was closed, and every precaution taken so that not a gleam of light could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
He had the floor tiled, basic heating and air conditioning installed, and a porthole window added. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Sanctum: Why we love to step outside the box to think inside the shed] Reference
His shot went through and the Germans closed up the porthole and went out of business for the day. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The fire had enveloped the sides of the old ship, and shot out tongues of flame from every porthole. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Bet thrilled as she looked at the old adobe wall fully ten feet high with small porthole openings at intervals. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
Laura McEwan's design offers a series of porthole-style perspectives, and Sue Dacre's puppets all have real personality. From Wordnik.com. [Skitterbang Island] Reference
One boy, whose friends had perished, was saved by trying to creep through a porthole, but not having sufficient strength. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Toward evening the cause of all this unrest opened heavy eyes upon a tossing gray world and turned her head languidly toward the porthole. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
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