high-rise
Example Sentences
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The two had a romance in the postcard-perfect city, where high-rise condos climb hillsides as fishing boats bob off the coast—all framed by the Sierra Madre mountains.
Manchester has had a boom in high-rise blocks in recent years.
From BBC
I may not know exactly where my mother is living, but I can picture her writing fake postcards in some high-rise hotel room.
From Literature
After years of struggling to find white-collar tenants for a gleaming office high-rise on the edge of downtown, he has just begun converting its office space into close to 700 apartments.
From Los Angeles Times
That year, developers also began converting old buildings into offices and high-rise towers in anticipation of the revitalized neighborhood becoming a hub for entertainment and technology companies.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
