lunette

Example Sentences

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Entering beneath the lunette or peacock window, the oldest part of the historical structure, visitors find themselves in the sheltering canopy of the Palm House beneath the Conservatory’s central glass dome.

From Seattle Times

I opened it and there, in the crude door frame, was the boundless expanse of crescent dunes edged with sharp black lunettes.

From New York Times

The gray-and-white marble bathroom features the lunette window and a sloping ceiling.

From Washington Post

Plus, shaping the cookies into dainty lunettes without breaking them apart was a challenge.

From Washington Post

A lunette window near the ceiling splashed the canvas with light at an angle similar to that of the implicit light source in Caravaggio’s composition.

From The New Yorker