steeple
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
A motorized unit arriving to plant a flag on a church steeple and take a photo—then bolting immediately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
We park with a view of the village church steeple backed by steely limestone peaks of the Pyrenees and lunch at a bar some feet away.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
I met my hosts at the restaurant’s entrance, made to look like a pueblo plaza complete with a huge water fountain, towering church steeple and a pink exterior better suited for a spoonful of Pepto-Bismol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Elise Thorner was fourth in the women's 3,000m steeple chase in 9:21.74, while Alastair Chalmers placed fifth in the men's 400m hurdles in 49.92 seconds.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Then he sets his cigar down and brings his hands together, forming a steeple with his fingers.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
![]()
The cultivated landscape extends into the distance, where tiny steeples and other buildings offer signs of city life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
There's also a pattern that even though these are Christmas cards, forget the snowy steeples and robins, because royal cards rarely seem to have any signs of winter.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
New Hampshire’s postcard image is of rural towns built around churches with picturesque white steeples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
To the east, the vineyard looks out over steeples rising from clusters of buildings in the valley.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
These were mostly small stucco or clapboard buildings with short steeples.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
![]()
That, at least, felt like home for the hundreds of thousands of Protestant middle Americans who migrated to L.A. and, in the land of Spanish missions, built themselves white clapboard New England-style steepled churches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Greene County is carpeted with hundreds of evangelical churches that range from steepled 19th-century edifices to back-roads barns.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
Perhaps it is just a single stand of trees, straight-trunked with steepled boughs, prickly needles and oblong cones, seen but unnoticed, hidden in plain sight.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
He fiddled with his tie, steepled his hands, grimaced, and glanced down at his phone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2018
“Well,” he says, staring at his hands steepled in front of him.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
![]()
Like the rest of the world, the Philippines is having to pay a lot more for energy imports, but it is the steepling prices of staple foodstuffs that has become most hard to stomach.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023
Guardiola sat on an icebox in the technical area, his fingers steepling against his forehead, in horrified awe, as if trying to impose some reason on it all.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
De Beer’s trusty right boot also set up one of South Africa’s two tries as a steepling up-and-under bounced kindly into the grasp of winger Pieter Roussow, who flopped over the line.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
Spain's 2-0 win beneath the steepling stands of Alicante's Estadio Jose Rico Perez was as predictable as it was comfortable - so what can Hodgson and England take from the defeat?
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2015
Jenny’s chair let out a plaintive squeak as she leaned back, steepling her fingers in front of her, serious now.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
![]()
Vocabulary lists containing steeple
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
My Brother Sam is Dead
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
They Both Die at the End
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!