parapet

Example Sentences

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In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

A large section of the stone parapet wall was dislodged from the pier and some of it washed into the sea.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

"And looking down over the parapet, we saw this mob of young women."

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

She stood up on the cement parapet that separated the rubber trees from the driveway, and clapped her hands over Velutha’s eyes.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy