lintel
Example Sentences
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"One high-speed line for the west, one for the east and - across the fireplace - a lintel, Northern Powerhouse rail," he says.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023
Finding a Miyake event in wood from a Mesoamerican structure—such as a lintel in the Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala, whose construction is recorded in the Long Count—would settle the matter.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023
Because we can’t tell a cornice from a lintel, we asked Norfolk architect Greg Rutledge to guide us through the West Freemason Street Area Historic District.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021
He stopped outside the house where Maya Angelou once lived, admiring the ivy that tumbled from the lintel.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Over the lintel was affixed the ancient dragon’s skull, its browning sockets gazing down the corridor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
