atop

Example Sentences

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A red, white and blue spire sits atop the multistory tower.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jonah’s head bobbed up and down like a ball atop a spring.

From Literature

Because that night, while Clare was balancing atop his tallest chair, snipping down a mushroom to chop and pack into a glass bottle, a pair of glowing eyes appeared in his window.

From Literature

A police cap lay atop a cabinet, while a crumpled uniform sat beside a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal

I mean that AI now sits squarely atop the pile of modern parents’ anxieties, having rapidly eclipsed boogeymen like screen time and social media.

From The Wall Street Journal