FIXTURE in a Sentence

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For FIXTURE, below is one of 14 sentences:
By now, he had become used to the darkness in the room and was able to make out various fixtures and fittings.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIXTURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fixture
 n.  commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
Classic Sentence:
1  It was vain to try to read with such an inscrutable fixture before me; nor could I, in impatience, consent to be dumb; he might rebuff me if he liked, but talk I would.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
2  Owing to an accident at the commencement of March, he became for some days a fixture in the kitchen.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  It stood nearly beneath the eaves of Boston's earliest church, and appeared to be a fixture there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
4  He has been a fixture therefore all day.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
5  The following morning Mr. Pontellier, upon leaving for his office, asked Edna if she would not meet him in town in order to look at some new fixtures for the library.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
6  I hardly think we need new fixtures, Leonce.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
7  He regretted that she did not feel inclined to go with him and select new fixtures.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
8  By now, he had become used to the darkness in the room and was able to make out various fixtures and fittings.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
Example Sentence:
1  A lampshade is a fixture that covers the light bulb on a lamp to diffuse the light it emits.
2  The fixture ended in a goalless draw.
3  The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend.
4  The price of the house included many existing fixtures and fittings that were not to our taste.
5  All fixtures and fittings are included in the house price.
6  I burnish the brass fixtures until they reflect the lamplight.