Sentence examples for functional edifice from inspiring English sources

Like other pilgrims, Johnson is haunted in pursuit of Jane, disappointed because the cottage at Chawton is "charmless … a functional edifice, not a cosy one", and by the labels on the furniture: "Although this piano is not the one Jane Austen used, she bought a similar type", and so on.

Bazalgette's Byzantine edifice has now been superseded by a more functional grey structure nearby, but the original remains intact in all its ornate glory.

The edifice is cracking.

Economical, functional.

Functional clothes for functional living.

Today Corcoran's edifice is the Renwick Gallery.

But the whole edifice now looks rickety.

The edifice is a kind of greenhouse.

Temple, edifice constructed for religious worship.

This edifice came crashing down in the recession.

The edifice has virtually collapsed, but the foundations are solid.