The shadow of the balusters, the shadow of the lamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Child's Garden of Verses] Reference

Men were hanging garlands of smilax on the balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference

The posts, balusters and railing were molded separately.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

Balustrade A rail and the balusters (posts) that support it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference

David Lee The spiral staircase has wood steps and iron balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [New in Denver] Reference

They also saw some granite balusters being made for the same place.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886] Reference

Looking forward to see how you turn those cedar balusters into plugs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winter Survival Tactics] Reference

Leaning over the balusters, she saw him laughing in an amused manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference

A few of the carved balusters are missing, carried away by relic hunters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference

There wasn't proper balusters on the railing, and the stairs weren't wide enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 28, 2005] Reference

Another man crept down the stairs, swaying as he came and holding on to the balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference

The square balusters are of red-mottled marble, with base and entablature of dull rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference

She lay peering between the white stone balusters toward the far side of the galleries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragon Reborn]

A stone rail supported by fat, vase-shaped balusters ran along the white marble pillars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Temple of the Winds]

A pleased smile spread over her face as she looked over the balusters and noted the caller.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference

On reaching the landing-place, he leaned his back against the balusters and folded his arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Miserables] Reference

Already weakened by earlier damage, the balusters splintered and gave way before the impact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilse Witch]

The turned balusters are representative of the late Seventeenth or early Eighteenth Century.    From Wordnik.com.  [The House in Good Taste] Reference

Lily, with flying locks, looked over the balusters, and then ran noiselessly down to the hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891] Reference

Forty-three balusters can still be counted on their sockets; the rest lie prostrate in the grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Miserables] Reference

On the steps and balusters are various beasts and birds; the owl, ape, and peacock are conspicuous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference

The rest of the servants were dismissed, and Genevieve signalled over the balusters for me to wait.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference

Emily sank to a sitting position on the stairs, clasping the wooden balusters in her trembling hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

When I came close to one, I realized it was a huddled silent child, staring at me through the balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borrowed Finery, A Memoir]

Long before I watched from between the stairway balusters, crouched there like a little toad and frightened.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Traitor to Memory]

Crouching down behind the stone balusters, with every nerve tingling, Valeria glared down at the stealthy figure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Conquering Sword of Conan]

It was dark on the climbing road between ancient walls and many-pillared balusters looming in the swaying lantern-beam.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lord of the Rings]

The whole thing gleamed, stout enough to park a battleship on it, clean lines and long runs of balusters and wide handrail.    From Wordnik.com.  [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference

She tried to imagine how long it would take to strip and stain all those balusters and came up with a mind-boggling number.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Noses Warm Kisses]

Jennsen recalled passing the vendors opposite the stone balusters overlooking the level below on her first visit to the palace.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of Creation]

She moved to a position whence she could look over the balusters, and saw that the light came from a shaded lantern, carried by.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference

It is a crazy wooden structure, the spiral balusters are brown with age, and the steps themselves take a new angle at every turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Grenadiere] Reference

Nan flew to the balusters with a hasty cry upon her lips, but was just in time to see the door swing heavily to; and that was all.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Governess] Reference

She quickly secured the rope around one of the vase-shaped stone balusters and tossed the rest of the heavy coil out over the railing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Temple of the Winds]

Some things remained the same since his last visit — the paint peeling from the shutters, the rust caking the wrought-iron balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

I remember someone drawing me away from the balusters, someone who peeled off my fingers one by one to loosen my grip and lead me away.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Traitor to Memory]

Justin slowly lifted his eyes to find Emily sitting like an elf on the balcony above, her stockinged legs dangling through the balusters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

Several of the balusters were cracked, and only the newel post at the bottom of the stairs showed signs of being replaced in recent years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]