edifice

Example Sentences

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Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The home kitchen is not a distribution center, and most container influencers lack the resources to absorb endless price increases without the whole edifice falling apart.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Littler is the beneficiary, but has added another story to the edifice.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Not only was he a member of the hated Ferme Générale, but he had enthusiastically built the wall that enclosed Paris–an edifice so loathed that it was the first thing attacked by the rebellious citizens.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson