She was not, that morning, the Miss Emily who ran a finger along her baseboards to see if we dusted them.
In the case of baseboards and window ledges, however, a little dressing of some kind should occasionally be rubbed into them, for they have to be defended from dampness in the one case, and hard usage in the second.
Patent handles are better than this homely contrivance in all but one respect: in using them one must guard against striking furniture or baseboards with the metal piece which holds the cloth.
When a room is being prepared for cleaning, the floor and baseboards of the closet should be wiped with a dry mop or cloth--anything which will not make a dust--and the door tightly closed.
Powdered borax sprinkled on shelves and along baseboards and door sills will keep ants away.
Fill every crack in the woodwork with putty, have a moulding put over the place where the baseboards meet the floor, and paint or varnish all the woodwork so thick that there are no cracks.
Borax and powdered sugar, scattered thickly over shelves and around baseboards and sink, is a favorite remedy with many, but it is an unsightly mess, particularly in summer, when the sugar melts and becomes sticky.
These are operated from flush receptacles inbaseboards or under rugs, or from the ordinary light sockets.
The shrinkage of the baseboards and floors from the quarter-round moulding which forms the joint leaves openings through which cold air is freely admitted from partitions and outside walls.
The colder air is entering at the same time through the joints about windows, door casings, through the crevices in the walls and particularly through the open joints made by the baseboards and the floor.
Baseboards fastened to plaster which is directly in contact with the outside wall of a chimney should be protected by placing a layer of fireproof material at least one-eighth inch thick between the woodwork and the plaster.
Baseboards in front of chimneys should be protected with asbestos board.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "baseboards" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
