crenelated

Example Sentences

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Unlike pancake-flat Delft, the Washington suburb where I live is a crenelated topo of rolling hills, such that if I rode anywhere I was sentencing myself to multiple back-breaking climbs just to get home.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2023

Charles Philip Arthur George, then a gawky 20-year-old, was crowned Prince of Wales nearly 55 years ago in the crenelated fortress that dominates this pretty Welsh town.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

It meanders into crenelated forts, Moorish castles overlooking the Mediterranean and grand mosques reconfigured by Christians into cathedrals.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The sleek new building, with a crenelated exterior and dark-wood-paneled, modern, minimalist lobby, opened in April and sits on a parcel that had long been an empty lot.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

He spends the days of orientation rushing around campus, back and forth along the intersecting flagstone path, past the clock tower, and the turreted, crenelated buildings.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri