Sentence examples for of a pier from inspiring English sources

Children seem to understand the point of a pier intuitively.

Bottom right: It must be said that this is a cross-sectional view of a pier.

It's called the Cannery Pier Hotel, because it's at the end of a pier.

At the end of a pier, a jumbo-size, polka-dotted yellow pumpkin squats above the sea.

The lower portion of a pier may be widened to better distribute the downward pressure of a massive overlying structure.

Below is a cutaway view of a pier, where scores of sleeping men are watched by a hulking cop.

One haven is Piermont, N.Y., where a mallard floats on the Hudson River in the lee of a pier.

"What began as a small, two-person start-up working out of a pier in San Francisco has grown to a dozen employees," Mr Krieger wrote.

HAMBURG, Germany — A spectacular new concert hall is rising skyward on the banks of the Elbe River at the end of a pier in the old harbor here.

Mr. Quadrozzi wants to use the concrete products in the construction of a pier, near the end of Columbia Street, where oceangoing ships could dock.

The rolling gate, often used on the crest of a dam, is raised by rolling it up the inclined face of a pier.