belfry

Example Sentences

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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Even the minaret is buried in the belfry of the church.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

The church’s belfry housed New York’s Liberty Bell, which tolled to mark the country’s birth in 1776 and has rung in remembrance of the 9/11 terror attacks.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

One of those, which went unfulfilled, was what he called “a duet with a bat who lives in the belfry of the Wesleyan Memorial Chapel.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

They had just reached the belfry when it was time for curfew to ring.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli