cornice
Example Sentences
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On the right, a cornice suggests a building.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025
A blast wave is said to have damaged a plastered cornice on the eastern façade but not affected the interior.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024
Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
