Sentence examples for creating a monument from inspiring English sources

When did creating a monument to oneself become a humanitarian act?

In his goal of creating a monument to the greatest work of German literature, Mr. Stein may have succeeded.

Upon their return, after the authority was formally charged with creating a monument, Mr. Carey selected a steering committee and hired Joyce Pomerantz Schwartz, an experienced art consultant, to guide the process of selecting the artist.

In 1820, German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss proposed cutting an enormous right triangle into the Siberian pine forest, creating a monument to the Pythagorean theorem big enough to see from outer space.

He joins a long list of chief executives who see creating a monument as a way to enhance their legacy.

Whether it was spray painting fake shadows on walls, fake potholes in roads or creating a monument of used toilets on the town square, the results were satisfying.

I am not trying to build a dynasty or create a monument.

But by then he had already created a monument, the 60-part series titled "The Migration of the Negro".

The Protector enlists a young illuminator of manuscripts, the Boy, to create a monument to him in the form of a book.

But from the moment Church doffs his hat and reveals his hatcheted haircut, he composes a performance with minimalist gestures that create a monument to "manly" heroism.

Mr. Stein's goal was to create a monument to Goethe's masterpiece, and to do so in a spirit of reverence rather than reinterpretation.