cupola

Example Sentences

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“They are still in power. The cupola is intact. But they don’t sleep at night.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

I knew the copper washing off the cupola roof was protecting the shingles but didn’t know why.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

Its three spectacular bedrooms, one in a former chapel under a cupola, is imagined, the hotel managers say, as a Roman refuge for Arab sheikhs, Harry and Meghan, and Hollywood royalty.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

I looked up, and above me rose the square opening that formed the inside of the steeple, actually more like a high cupola.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien