cupola
Example Sentences
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He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
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 theorized that copper ions blasted off the cupola roof by the photons in ultraviolet light were washing down on the shingles with each rainfall.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
Throwing out her yellow feet, she came to a gentle landing on the courthouse cupola.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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