cupola

Example Sentences

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He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

On the hill before him, a water tower lay smashed and a cupola of a mosque was askew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

Its three spectacular bedrooms, one in a former chapel under a cupola, is imagined, the hotel managers say, as a Roman refuge for Arab sheikhs, Harry and Meghan, and Hollywood royalty.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

They put new glass in the cupola, painted the fence Mrs. Cobb’s grandfather had built, and then painted the porch.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt