Sentence examples for is surmounted from inspiring English sources
verb
To get over; to overcome
The memorial is 117 feet (36 metres) tall and is surmounted by a granite shaft.
It is surmounted by a relieving triangle decorated with relief plaques.
"Silence" is essentially an arched panel in which a skull is surmounted by a doll's head.
Two gilded infants support the clock, which is surmounted by a happy Cupid.
A chair used for hair-styling is surmounted by Louis XVI frame & upholstery.
The features (especially the forehead and chin) project forcefully, and the head is surmounted by a crestlike coiffure.
The dome is surmounted by a harmika, which resembles the small railed enclosure found on the oldest Indian stupas.
The sea lily stalk is surmounted by a bulbous body with frondlike tentacles, and the animal resembles a plant.
The cone is surmounted by a sunscreen, an immense metal structure that resembles a gull with outspread wings.
They have a plain hull with a lattice or tubular superstructure that is surmounted by a distinctive "topmark".
The Banda Sea is divided into two basins separated by a ridge that is surmounted in places by coral reefs.
