Among the rubbish which had crashed through the ancient slanting ceiling were several things which made the workmen pause and call in the police.

I knew I was in the upper chambers of the house by the slanting ceiling.

The door wouldn't shut tight; the slanting ceiling was rain stained, and came down so close to the bed that she could touch it with her hand.

He followed it upward and it led to a long bare room, cramped by a low slanting ceiling, the roof of the palace.

His head brushed the slanting ceiling, and he backed cautiously to the door.

It was a much smaller room with a strange slanting ceiling.

I looked up ar the slanting ceiling over the spot where my pallet had heen.

He found Aisha standing in the middle of a small, lemon-yellow room with a slanting white ceiling.

The slanting ceiling was so low he had to squat.

The door that she opened at Julian's behest led into a small cozy room with a slanting ceiling.