cupola

Example Sentences

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It’s an immense, circular building — about 15,000 square feet inside — with a domed roof topped by an ornate cupola and a copper eagle.

From Los Angeles Times

Just before sunset, there among the cupolas, starlings mass by the hundreds of thousands, performing an aerial dance.

From Washington Post

For all those who came to pay tribute, he was positioned in front of the main altar, under the towering golden cupola.

From Washington Post

Next door is the Salle Labrouste, decorated in metal, glass and leafy murals, with a soaring ceiling inspired by Byzantine cupolas.

From New York Times

Notably, its concave corner half-dome, topped by a massive glass cupola, gave way in late 1950 to a rotating circular marquee and neon pillar featuring filmdom’s golden Oscar.

From Seattle Times