nave

Example Sentences

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Outright splendor gives way to bold-faced promotion in an annex gallery, housed in MAD’s grand, soaring nave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

A second one, focussing on the central nave, is being planned next.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

For example, archaeologist Cédric Moulis of the University of Lorraine painstakingly reassembled dozens of wedge-shaped stones called voussoirs recovered from the collapsed vaulted ceiling over the nave to glean insights into their mechanical properties.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024

Rev. Jorge Armando Vázquez said dozens of people are sleeping in the nave of a parish church in the hamlet of El Rosario, on the outskirts of the city of Apatzingan.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2023

As Meggie came down the nave with Mo and Elinor, Dustfinger raised his head briefly.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke