finial
Example Sentences
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An anonymous sheet by an Austrian designer from about 1515 shows the whole operation compressed into a single image of a finial, upon which are inscribed the subdivided squares that generated it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Even in the archaic Sphinx finial, they disrupt our sense that this is a stylized figure.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 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
Myrick spray-painted a nearby cement finial in the same bright yellow as the fence.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2021
The smooth blue of her chest was unpierced by the iron finial, and her hair was still studded with flowers.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
