spire

Example Sentences

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Who expected that Notre-Dame Cathedral would emerge from the debris and lift its spire once more over the roofs of Paris, just five years after the fire of 2019?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In his hands Petr holds the model of a church with a curiously tall spire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

The fire destroying its wooden interiors before toppling its spire.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

As you looked out across the flattened, battered city, you could see the spire of Cologne Cathedral.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall