pediment

Example Sentences

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Her casket will be carried up the steps in front of the court, passing under the iconic words engraved on the pediment, “Equal Justice Under Law,” and placed in the court’s Great Hall.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

Unfortunately for the cause of intelligent discourse, his statement was erected upon a pediment of lies.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Biden loves holiday lights and is the first to place a large illuminated wreath atop the pediment of the North Portico.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021

Well, I knew that the Parthenon has a pediment, but I didn’t know that’s what the decorative molding atop a doorway — even a doorway in a suburban Colonial — is called.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021

I went on up the steps, then stopped under the pediment, out of the rain, to watch the group make its way to the car.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan