windowsill
noun
the sill under a window.
windowsills
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pluralof windowsill.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There is an empty space beneath her windowsills where the radiators used to sit -- removed after the water started freezing and bursting the pipes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
“Everybody we talked to, Republican and Democrat, were glad it was closing,” said Susan Hoekema, a retired attorney who has lived about 3 miles from the plant since 2006—and recalls black soot covering her windowsills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Plant pots and fruit baskets sat on broken windowsills, a reminder of the families that until hours earlier had led their lives tucked away behind these walls.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
And it feels wrong that some of the aftermath is deceptively pretty, like the delicate flurries of white ash accumulating on windowsills like fresh snow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
I got up, trudged into the den, looked out the window, and came almost face to face with Mr. Nigel, Nigel, Nigel scraping old paint off the windowsills.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
