battlement

Example Sentences

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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Dozens of brightly painted coffins marked with the initials of dead Kurdish civilians were laid out on the upper battlements of an ancient fortress.

From New York Times

A short walk around the corner, the castle’s silvery battlements dominated the horizon.

From Washington Post

As I wound my way around and up and down stairways and across battlements, I could see up close contemporary residential life.

From Washington Post

Upon reviving, your crow discovers that the newly materialized door leads to the Lost Cemetery, a place of dusty, sage-colored battlements overlooking emerald green waters.

From Washington Post

Best seen from a perilously crowded footbridge across a vertiginous gorge, it floats in misty rains, a cloudy dream of white spires and battlements.

From The Guardian