Sentence examples for the cornice from inspiring English sources
noun
A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
Mr. Crouch engaged the cornice.
The stringcourse, and then the cornice.
The man had been waiting under the cornice.
"The cornice poses an immediate danger," Mr. Haeckel said.
"All of a sudden, the cornice is gone".
The cornice and roof trim also carried delicate detailing.
Its windows were broken and paint was peeling from the cornice.
— a fragment of the original, delicate Italianate trim of the cornice.
Much of the cornice and pediment, made of galvanized iron, is bare of paint; in fact the cornice is mostly gone, exposing the underlying timbers and brickwork.
Consider the cornice, the cantilevered ornament often placed atop the facade of apartment buildings.
The felines are on the under side of the cornice and the serpents on its edge.
