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
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
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 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
