Sentence examples for the stone from which from inspiring English sources

"The stone from which Venice is largely built, for example, came largely from Istria.

It depicts an area of the city around the Dome of the Rock Islam's third-holiest site a shrine that is built over the stone from which Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.When prints of the painting went into circulation a couple of years later, they soon became a fixture in many Palestinian homes.

And on some indeterminate day in the recent past, an unknown motorist learned the lesson the hard way, when the rear bumper of their car had an overly close encounter with the stone, from which it did not come away the victor.

The color of the stone from which it was carved also inspired the name Gronech Houarn — The Iron Woman.

I want to be in conversation with the craftsmen of Khmer Kingdom who speak through the stone from which the city of Angkor was carved.

There is talk about cameos (Harry compares Rudi's face to one) and the layers of different pigment in the stones from which they're carved.

Jews believe that this was the location of the foundation stone from which the world was created, and where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac.

A pair of Australian wattle trees were in bloom, golden against the softer gold of the local stone from which the house is built.

As medicine seeks a nobler framework for its agenda, it will transcend its diminished focus on repair to one in which the newly informed domain of enlightened prevention by lifestyle modification is the rosetta stone from which the anticipated scientific revolution may proceed.

A stonemason from Tisbury displayed small and beautifully fashioned objects, each with a distinct character that grew out of the properties of the particular stone from which it was cut – two kinds of Bath stone, cream and white, red-gold or biscuit-coloured hamstone, polished granite, Welsh slate, and Portland stone, hard and good for sharp edges.

For some it includes major finds such as the Rosetta Stone, from which ­hieroglyphics were first decoded, and Linear B, the ancient Minoan script translated by Michael Ventris.