pagoda

Example Sentences

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Thousands accompanied his body from the petrol station to a pagoda on the other side of the capital.

From BBC

Working for NBC, the retired Patrick still drew a packed crowd in front of the pagoda, the Speedway’s most visible landmark.

From Seattle Times

As they neared the pagoda, soldiers broke up the protest by shooting their guns in the air.

From New York Times

Myanmar Now and other local media said the bodies had been collected by the military and dumped on the grounds of a Buddhist pagoda.

From Seattle Times

In Mawlamyine — known for its Buddhist pagodas and fleeting mentions, by its old name of Moulmein, in a Rudyard Kipling poem and a George Orwell essay — the protests began a week after the coup.

From New York Times