ark

Example Sentences

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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Let me explain, and at the risk of coming across like a guy building an ark in the desert, offer options for adding dividends at a time of relative scarcity.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Chelsea welcomed Armenian side FC Noah, named after the biblical character with the ark, to Stamford Bridge.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

If you were playing God, for example, you'd want to stash as many pollinators in your ark as you can, and as many plant species that are really good at storing carbon as you can.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Maybe a Chicago sewer grate where there should have been a window, or a ship’s steam stack in place of the carved Torah ark.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros