spire

Example Sentences

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A red, white and blue spire sits atop the multistory tower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Who expected that Notre-Dame Cathedral would emerge from the debris and lift its spire once more over the roofs of Paris, just five years after the fire of 2019?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

The fire destroying its wooden interiors before toppling its spire.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

It was, I perceived, summer lightning cutting through the storm, etching mud and spire.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson