minaret

Example Sentences

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Herat’s famous sunsets and tall, slender minarets form the backdrop of scenes set there.

From Seattle Times

Certain members of the team, far from the minarets of home and the strictures of canonical law … overindulged, to say it gently.

From New York Times

“All Mujahideen must prevent excavation of antiquities and preserve all historic sites like old fortresses, minarets, towers and other similar sites,” it continued, “to safeguard them from damage, destruction and decay.”

From New York Times

The expanded mosque complex will include a public park, a religious high school and a cultural center, while the mosque and minaret will be restored and architecturally unchanged.

From New York Times

The mosque complex, with two towering minarets, will be able to host as many as 4,000 worshippers and includes an exhibition hall, a library, car park and soup kitchen, state-owned Anadolu news agency said.

From Reuters