arbor

Example Sentences

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There the tribe has built a senior center and a shaded arbor for its ceremonial gatherings, including the making of “nupa,” the Miwok word for acorn soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

Long-term goals include building a cultural center and an arbor for traditional dance and games.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

While secondary to plants, built structures, such as an arbor, sculptural obelisks or a humble tipi, support wandering vines and furnish another layer of enclosure.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

One-story homes of concrete or mud brick dot the landscape in pastel clusters, some with grape arbor vines climbing their roofs, interspersed with the occasional small school or mosque.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

They all might have been safe jumping in the water and letting the wildfire sweep past them, but there was an arbor over the pool.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz