parapet

Example Sentences

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The train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed, and collided with a bridge parapet.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

"And looking down over the parapet, we saw this mob of young women."

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

Kehaar appeared on the parapet above them, flapped the rain out of his wings and dropped down to the punt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams