Sentence examples for spires long from inspiring English sources

Stepped gables, shapely spires, long stands of poplars measuring the little city: you see the continuity of life and art at the Mauritshuis.

So is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, from which the gilded onion domes and spires have long been removed.

The spire is long, slightly less than half the shell length, and the aperture is very oblique.

There were those who suspected that its extraordinarily long spire was intended solely to make it the tallest building in the world, but nobody has ever seriously suggested not counting it.

In response, Van Alen obtained permission for a 38 m long spire and had it secretly constructed inside the frame of the building.

With its huge timber beams and fieldstone spire, the Newtonbrook United Church has long represented a sturdy commitment to community.

Sit for too long and Spire can notify you that you might want to stand up and stretch your legs.

Already the tallest building in New York, the addition of the 125m-long spire will make the building the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.

DENVER — The San Rafael Swell, with its miles of twisting sandstone spires and towering mesas, has long been a draw for hiking and canyoneering, and has even been considered for designation as a national monument.

Morphosis seemed to understand the need for something greater — especially with the view of Manhattan's spires from Queens — and produced long, white, snaking buildings, which would have sheltered athletes and then become middle-class, mixed-use housing.

It also led to André Spire and His Poetry (1933), which contains translations by Burnshaw of 40 poems, and a long essay on Spire.