piers

Example Sentences

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It consists of a wide exedra—a curved, high-backed bench—flanked by piers and supporting eight columns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But on either side stood empty piers whose planned allegorical statues by French had yet to be cast in bronze, much less installed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The jury also recommended that Irish Water Safety take a prominent role with other agencies in implementing best practice in relation to safety at piers and slipways.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

They passed on, Gollum in front and the hobbits now side by side, up the long ravine between the piers and columns of torn and weathered rock, standing like huge unshapen statues on either hand.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien