He rolled onto his back and looked at the water-stained ceiling.

Cases of liquor were stacked up to the water-stained ceiling.

She gazed around the room at the tired, faded furnishings, the water-stained ceiling, the scuffed hardwood floor that creaked beneath each step.

Spanning centuries and continents, the instruments worth at least $25 million by their chief caretaker's estimate are packed and stacked in an out-of-the-way storage room with water-stained ceilings.

During exploratory work on the water-stained ceiling, elaborate designs including Roman figures, were discovered under four coats of paint.

Lying in bed, staring up at the water-stained ceiling, she prayed earnestly to the good spirits, despite knowing that they would ignore a request such as she made.

About four in the afternoon, Zaitzev looked up at the water-stained ceiling of Communications and whispered something akin to a prayer.

Instead the flames climbed almost immediately to the water-stained white ceiling, burning off paint and charring the underlying plaster, plus attacking the cheap hotel furniture.

Walking into worn kitchens with peeling linoleum and water-stained ceilings.

In an anteroom with a water-stained ceiling, people have asked where the remains of their loved ones were found.