Sentence examples for magnificent span from inspiring English sources

The Washington name is all that shields that magnificent span from being redubbed, I don't know, the Michael Bloomberg Bridge.

Away to our right is a magnificent ancient bridge, spanning the river in two impressive and wildly uneven arcs of stone.

From the 'writhing sea monster' in Qatar to the magic carpet ride above the clouds in France, there is no shortage of inspiration for magnificent long-span bridges.

Three of the magnificent Danube-spanning bridges were closed to vehicles, but none had attracted a quorum for the anticipated pedestrian knees-ups; in a similarly carless road tunnel bored beneath Castle Hill on the Buda side of the river, a street party was in desultory half swing.

The company spent $5.5 million to recreate the Lower Arroyo between the Colorado Street Bridge and La Loma Bridge (two of seven magnificent concrete viaducts that span the canyon).

Then, last summer, I came across two of these magnificent specimens in the span of five days.

"Beech trees are so magnificent and their branch span is so grand, it is a definite loss," he said.

Upon seeing the throng, Madame Diuf has commandeered the window and fills the entire span with her magnificent self.

A professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University, Petroski has written books on engineering feats that range from the minuscule ("The Pencil") to the magnificent ("Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America").

The sweeping story of a father's search for his lost daughters, it has magnificent scenery and momentous events, it spans several years and crosses several countries.

In Frankfurt, Grimshaw has built the largest pillarless span in Europe, under a magnificent roof of conch-like undulations.