keystones
Example Sentences
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He made exquisite, hand-rubbed wooden keystones, each representing the central stone at the summit of an arch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Their squad has remained deep and strong despite the two-year hiatus, with England keystones Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, Jamie George and Billy Vunipola still in place.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
The island’s semiconductor industry is an increasingly indispensable node in the global supply chains for smartphones, cars and other keystones of modern life.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Some were removed and used as keystones for the arches of Derrybawn bridge.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
