belvedere

Example Sentences

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At the top of the house is a small belvedere for viewing the countryside.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2016

Broadway has recently been devoid of the sort of play which is chiefly concerned with elegant seductions in a belvedere.

From Time Magazine Archive

The film opens, fittingly enough, with Miles thundering across the countryside on horseback, and ends with her dying on her back in a belvedere bathed in moonlight.

From Time Magazine Archive

He went to meet his guest, velvet cap in hand, and after a skirmish of compliments which proved an easy victory for Pasotti, Gilardoni returned to the belvedere with him.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio

The dwarf Leonora, who was the only occupant of the dining hall when he descended, stole to his side and bade him await the Signorina in the belvedere in the upper garden.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)