The large beam-ceilinged living room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He was not alone in that ribbed, spine-ceilinged enclosure. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
The rooms were low-ceilinged, the upper rooms especially so. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
They walked across the high-ceilinged lobby toward the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Stand by for Mars!] Reference
Barrent recovered consciousness in a dim, high-ceilinged room. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
The front room was flat-ceilinged and darkened by drawn shades. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
The tavern-room is low-ceilinged and wainscoted with dark woodwork. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference
It was a strange room in a strange house — large, high-ceilinged, warm. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
The long, low-ceilinged room, lit by candles, reeking of dinner and of wine. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
It gave insufficient light for the low-ceilinged, narrow length of the place. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
He stood on a Persian carpet in a wide, high-ceilinged room filled with light. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
He found himself standing in a square, high-ceilinged hall with a tiled floor. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
It is one of those malls that is cloudy and low-ceilinged and smells like feet. From Wordnik.com. [Westfield] Reference
It was low-ceilinged and crowded with coffers of parchment and racks of tax-rolls. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
The portal had shifted her into a big, long, high-ceilinged room, empty and silent. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
Peering out, Dark saw that they were near the ceiling of a large, high-ceilinged room. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
It was a pleasant room, long and low-ceilinged, with oak beams and high panelled doors. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
The attic was a long, low-ceilinged room, dark and fragrant with the odor of the cedar. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
The door opens directly into a small, low-ceilinged room almost filled by two double beds. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Ahmad took Daoud through a series of small, low-ceilinged rooms in the base of the castle. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
He was in a large, circular, high-ceilinged room of stone in the cellars of the Department of. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
We stepped into a high-ceilinged gallery, with two or three levels of gardens and apartments. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
He pulled open the door and they entered a wide, high-ceilinged foyer of teak and white marble. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
However, her surprise merged into other emotions as the old hymn rose in the low-ceilinged room. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
She opened a door on her right and led the way into a large, high-ceilinged room panelled in white. From Wordnik.com. [Spotted Hemlock]
Its prize will open in 2001: a modern, high-ceilinged auto plant with skylights and the latest technology. From Wordnik.com. [A Rare Win For A City] Reference
Inside the muted, high-ceilinged marble temple, the scene was more like opening night at the Kennedy Center. From Wordnik.com. [A Supreme Moment] Reference
The plain white-walled, high-ceilinged auditorium had only one adornment — a five foot wooden cross behind the alter. From Wordnik.com. [CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS] Reference
Upstairs, the museum's galleries are airy, high-ceilinged and dead simple, the better to keep your attention on the art. From Wordnik.com. [Ending the Era of the Starchitect] Reference
It was a very large room, low-ceilinged, but well enough lighted by a couple of windows, which looked into a close behind. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Inside, a mob packed the wide, low-ceilinged room, clustered around gambling devices in the form of towers, tables and basins. From Wordnik.com. [Gambler's World] Reference
No cameras, no media hordes, all cold business in the carpeted warren of high-ceilinged rooms a few paces from the Senate 'floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects] Reference
At the bottom, he slithered forward on his belly through a low-ceilinged chamber, flashlight in one hand and pistol in the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Lessons Of The Tombs] Reference
Eurochow has a glass-ceilinged wine cellar that diners can look into and an open kitchen where customers can see the chefs at work. From Wordnik.com. [Performance Cuisine] Reference
But to get inside, you have to go through a low-ceilinged vestibule -- meant to suggest the entrance to a traditional tea ceremony. From Wordnik.com. [MAKING BUILDINGS DISAPPEAR] Reference
The long low-ceilinged sitting-room above the grocer's shop was tenanted by ladies of whom in days gone by he had felt a certain awe. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Inferior coal was twenty-two fifty a ton, and the high ceilinged, furnace less houses require a great deal of coal and wood in winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Empire State] Reference
Crossing a high-ceilinged lobby, they entered an express vacuum elevator and five seconds later stepped out onto the four-hundredth floor. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail of the Space Pirates] Reference
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