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

The minaret was her husband's idea, and he sketched the initial design.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

She watched one tear the minaret off the top of the building.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

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

Then the taxi headed into the rural West Bank of orchards and tiny villages, each with its own minaret and perched houses.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye