monument

Example Sentences

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Looking a little bit more closely, you realize that the monument is all but torn in two by the San Andreas fault.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Greenpeace activists scaled a monument in front of Congress at dawn on Wednesday and unfurled a banner urging lawmakers "not to betray the Argentine people."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Built of cold, modern concrete, it stands as a permanent, if somewhat sterile, monument to a difficult past, with my grandfather’s name inscribed in the center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Perhaps a historic-cultural monument designation could have saved the Zimmerman House, or allowed the necessary time to delay demolition. Tragically, calls for preservation fell on deaf ears.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Matthew continued reading the inscription aloud as Emily circled the monument, examining it more closely.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman