statue

Example Sentences

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Now Volk determined to create a full-length statue, and headed to Springfield, Ill., on May 19, the day after Lincoln’s nomination, to take casts of the nominee’s massive hands.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was 16 when the Hungarian Revolution erupted in October 1956, and he joined a crowd in Stalin Square laboring to tear down a colossal statue of the Soviet leader.

From The Wall Street Journal

Local animal protection charity Patre, which led a fundraiser for a statue in his memory, said Bob "won the hearts of everyone who met him".

From BBC

Those gloves are especially meaningful to Street because they are immortalized on the bronze statue of her in Sun Valley, Idaho.

From Los Angeles Times

I knew better than to expect anything as grand as my old library with its brick exterior, white columns, and stone statues posing out front.

From Literature