The chimney was blackened with soot after years of burning coal in the old furnace.

The restoration artists soot the beams to give the room an authentic 19th-century feel.

She wiped the sooted fireplace mantel with a damp cloth, revealing the original wood underneath.

After years of neglect, the old chimney and fireplace walls were thickly coated with soots, making the room smell of smoke.

Every winter, the old chimney soots the masonry, leaving dark streaks on the bricks.

The smoky lamp kept sooting the walls, leaving a gray residue on the paint.

Soots visited the ancestral home in Zeeland last summer.

A small soot-ball formed in the old chimney after the long winter.

After sweeping the fireplace, we discovered soot-balls hidden in the corners.

After the long winter, I found soot balls underneath the old stove.