finial

Example Sentences

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We see how the form of a finial was generated by the progressive subdivision of a square, precisely the same process by which the mason would incise and cut his stone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The setting also nearly upstages the bird in a painting of a kestrel perched on a finial atop an ornate building.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

That much was evident in the research; however, the Brinkmanns needed to guess on the creature’s finial crown, which archaeologists never recovered.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

In addition to the Rembrandt, there were some unusually esoteric items that were taken as well, like a Chinese gu vessel and a finial off a Napoleonic flag.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2021

The blue girl’s ghost gathered itself and perched, bereft, upon the spearpoint-tip of the projecting finial, just an inch above her own still chest.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor