skyline

Example Sentences

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Beyond the city's futuristic skyline are older neighbourhoods where workers sort packages or sell fruit and vegetables in the hope of making a few dollars a day.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

New York City is drilling into the carbon cost of constructing its famous skyline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In his work exist iconic signs of beloved local establishments — like the Playpen — the blinding glint reflecting off downtown’s skyline, telephone poles regarded as totems.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

At a viewpoint overlooking Chiang Mai, the city skyline was almost entirely obscured, with only faint outlines of hills visible through a dense grey haze and a dim orange sun hanging in the sky.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He looked up at the skyline on the Manhattan shore.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith