balustrade

Example Sentences

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A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

"During the refit the historic atrium balustrade will be removed and restored off site and reinforced with metal to meet current standards."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2023

The company was filming the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” on the Wave Hill estate in the Bronx, where lush gardens and a rustic stone balustrade offered a graceful site.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2021

For Casaus, this often involves stacking visually distinct levels of, say, prickly cactuses and wispy flowering bushes, or branchy ornamental trees and soft grasses, against a balustrade or facade.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2019

Then she turned without so much as another look, walked up the stairs and vanished behind the balustrade on the first floor.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke