minaret

Example Sentences

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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Less than a kilometre from the front line, Mukhtar al-Badri Mohieddin is walking with a stick near a mosque with a damaged minaret.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

It overlooks the only beacon of hope that stays standing in Douzrou: The pink minaret of the village mosque.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2023

A minaret looming above Moulay Brahim was severely damaged and appeared at risk of toppling if nudged by another tremor.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

“Do you know that a long time ago a man fell from this minaret but was not harmed?”

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat