minaret

Example Sentences

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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Less than a kilometre from the front line, Mukhtar al-Badri Mohieddin is walking with a stick near a mosque with a damaged minaret.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

The earthquake just over a week ago maimed a six-century-old mosque in one Amizmiz's oldest neighbourhoods, taking a bite out of the pinky brown minaret.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

A minaret looming above Moulay Brahim was severely damaged and appeared at risk of toppling if nudged by another tremor.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

They only stopped when the call from the minaret of a nearby mosque announced the arrival of a new morning.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat