pediment

Example Sentences

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This house’s front door is flanked by Ionic columns and has an ornate arched pediment overhead.

From Washington Post

In the sanctuary, a replica of the Señor de Tula stands on a red marble pediment behind the altar, a replacement for the stainless-steel cross originally installed by the architects.

From New York Times

The HiRISE image covers a region called Greenheugh pediment, part of the lower slopes of Mount Sharp which we will be slowly driving up over the next three years of an extended mission.

From BBC

It was replaced with a paneled wood door with expansive sidelights and a pediment with a curved top, meant to mirror the eyebrow window above.

From New York Times

If every statue of a racist were taken down, we’d mostly have empty pediments and plinths.

From Washington Post