Sample Sentences forobelisk (editor-reviewed)
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The Washington Monument, a towering obelisk in the National Mall, is a tribute to the first President of the United States.obelisk = stone pillar with a pyramidal top
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The family gathered around the small obelisk in the cemetery, paying their respects to their beloved grandmother.
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The ancient Egyptians erected obelisks as symbols of the sun god Ra, and many of these impressive structures still stand today.obelisks = stone pillars with a pyramidal tops
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Instead of an obelisk covered in names, there was a statue of three people: a man with untidy hair and glasses, a woman with long hair and a kind, pretty face, and a baby boy sitting in his mother's arms. (source)obelisk = stone pillar with a pyramidal top
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In the center, a gray obelisk rose into the winter sky.† (source)
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Corinne sat down on the moss-encrusted pedestal of a tall obelisk.† (source)
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In the absolute center of the city I found a towering obelisk-shaped temple with wind-blasted gray walls.† (source)
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Nothing else had changed at all, except that all the old books and bric-a-brac — the marble cockatoos, the obelisks—were covered with an additional layer of dust.† (source)
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But turning in place on the Place de la Concorde, seeing the Arc de Triomphe, and the Eiffel Tower, and the Tuileries, and the cars and Vespas zipping around the great obelisk, Sofia had an inkling of what her father had been trying to say.† (source)
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Solitary trees marked distant hills like obelisks.† (source)
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But instead I say, "Obelisk?"† (source)
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Throughout this mad jumble, however, Max could see unmistakable elements of human architecture—Chinese pavilions, Islamic minarets, Egyptian obelisks, massive domes and cupolas whose scale dwarfed their human antecedents.† (source)
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A low obelisk glowed softly.† (source)
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Through the dusty windows I saw Staffordshire dogs and majolica cats, dusty crystal, tarnished silver, antique chairs and settees upholstered in sallow old brocade, an elaborate faience birdcage, miniature marble obelisks atop a marble-topped pedestal table and a pair of alabaster cockatoos.† (source)
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To the left of the slab is an eight-foot-high obelisk, also covered with cuneiform, with a bas-relief figure chiseled into the top.† (source)
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We moved deeper into the trees, and I began to make out solid shapes rising from the ground—obelisks, columns, arches.† (source)
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