spire
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A red, white and blue spire sits atop the multistory tower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In his hands Petr holds the model of a church with a curiously tall spire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
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
I’d do as much for our Jimmy any day if I had a spire of hair worth selling.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing spire
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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The Haunting of Hill House
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