arches
Example Sentences
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Its stucco walls and Spanish arches were once part of a Pacific Coast Borax company town, later abandoned when the boom ended.
From Los Angeles Times
Aged gray tree hunks form arches, for instance, over bridges that tower over clay-colored paths with hoof prints.
From Los Angeles Times
Currently hosting 19×8.5-inch alloys, the wheel arches are spacious enough to accommodate more heroic wheels and tires.
Designed in the Romanesque revival style by revered architects Albert R. Walker and Percy A. Eisen, who also created the nearby Oviatt Building as well as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the building’s exterior is embellished with dramatic columns and arches.
From Los Angeles Times
But there’s something about seeing it in person—the way the arches soar, how the reddish orange contrasts against the blue of the sky and the blue of the ocean— that amazes me.
From Literature
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