| 1. | Near the foot of the bed stood a dish of oranges and a carafe of water. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | He flew and returned with a glass, the decanter of brandy and a carafe of water. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 3. | "Bring me a carafe of water," said the abbe. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 4. | This Restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |