How to Use banister in a Sentence

banister

noun
  • The children love to slide down the banister.
  • She held the banister tightly.
  • His front hall was small, but the banister made a big statement.
    — David A. Keeps, House Beautiful, 4 Dec. 2012
  • Drape your garland along a wall, a banister, or even your tree.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Grab rails attached to the wall save space in place of a banister on the stairs.
    — Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
  • Run them along a window frame or a banister, or wind them up your bed posts.
    — Popular Science, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Garland is wrapped around the banister, and wreaths are on the doors.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Those with second or third floors will also want to wipe down the banister.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Those with second or third floors will also want to wipe down the banister.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Those with second or third floors will also want to wipe down the banister.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Train this climbing plant to grow up a moss pole or for more drama, up a wall or banister.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Drape the garland across a wall, mantle, banister or around your tree.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Justine curled her fingers around the iron banister and started up the stairs.
    — Forsyth Harmon, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Justine curled her fingers around the iron banister and started up the stairs.
    — Forsyth Harmon, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Two scissor lifts, with men strapped to the metal banister, flank the side of the telescope.
    — Shannon Stirone, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2020
  • All stairs should have banisters to help with balance, and there should never be clutter on the steps.
    — Michelle Castillo, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Even the banisters were designed to show monsters caught in fishing nets.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Some of the strands have tiny tassels to add a touch of formality to a banister.
    — oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The banister felt colder than usual under his hand and the one tricky step creaked a complaint.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Or Webster peeps through a banister and pelts the others with water beads from a toy gun.
    — Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN, 7 May 2022
  • Open the door and sure enough there’s a classic center hall with wide-plank floors and a stair with a polished wood banister.
    — Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2025
  • In the entry, for example, glossy black brought a mahogany banister back to life.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2020
  • Once the glue is cooled, hang the garland on your mantel, banister, or TV stand.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Nov. 2024
  • With a cracking bark, the banister caved and the man somersaulted into a thorny box bush.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • These bendable ties are perfect for hanging stockings from the banister or around the rods of a staircase.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Tack the garland onto the edge of a table, along a banister, or across a door frame to add instant fall color.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The officer shakes a bed sheet at the pigeon over the second-floor balcony banister.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The hallway, which has a mahogany banister, gets lots of natural lights from the cupola above it.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 19 Mar. 2020
  • They're remembered on a banister in the front room of the home with pictures and notes from their former roommates.
    — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2017
  • Tack the garland onto the edge of a table, along a banister, or across a door frame to add instant fall color.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025

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