Sentence examples for marble lions from inspiring English sources

Shiny BMWs sit in their adjacent driveways, and marble lions stand guard at the gates.

Among Delos's most noted sculptural artifacts are fragments of a colossal Apollo and nine marble lions.

Before that, inside the entrance guarded by the library's marble lions, the Australian choreographer Lee Serle presented a dance.

The other can't-miss highlights are Patience and Fortitude, two marble Lions who guard the main entrance.

In a few years, the great glass tent will connote the appeal of reading as much as New York's marble lions do.

UNDER a lantern-strung walkway, gaudy signs mark musty shops stuffed with Chinese porcelain vases, marble lions and decorated screens -- seemingly a typical Chinatown street.

A report in the Metropolitan Diary column yesterday about noise in the main reading room of the New York Public Library misstated the nickname of one marble lion of the pair outside.

By Bijan Stephen On a recent, bitterly cold Saturday, the 3 Million Majority Marching Band was assembling on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, under the gaze of Patience, the library's southernmost marble lion.

A protester yelled, "Free the horses!" On a recent, bitterly cold Saturday, the 3 Million Majority Marching Band was assembling on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, under the gaze of Patience, the library's southernmost marble lion.

In the summer of 1848, the palace and its grounds were enhanced by the addition of three pairs of white marble Medici lions; this statuary was placed alongside the wide flight of steps climbing the terraces to the palace.

The lobby continues the full-frontal assault with tons of marble, towering bronze lion statues and chandeliers each as big as a Lada automobile.