Sentence examples for towering ceilings from inspiring English sources
It's just that he fell in love with the outbuilding's towering ceilings and expansive white walls.
No one who has lunched at Le Bernardin, or wandered at twilight into the Harrison, or spent a Don Draper evening under the towering ceilings of Eleven Madison Park can deny it.
But there are always exceptions to the towering ceilings and equally high monthly overheads: for example, LiebmanMagnan and Yossi Milo, two small galleries upstairs from a bustling taxi garage directly opposite Gagosian.
Standing at a gleaming oak counter in a room with towering ceilings and a stone floor brightened with Oriental carpets, we tasted a grenache made from 125-year-old vines.
The 6,700-square-foot 6,700-square-foot 6,700-square-footring ceilingspaceliptical staircases aNo.marble flourishes characteristic of the 1930 Rosario Candela-designed building, entered the market in estate condition at $35 million in 2008 and endured two price reductions, the more recent, to $23 million, this year.
Joachim and Anne is an old-school school, with towering ceilings, school uniforms, an ancient public-address system, and a principal, Linda Freebes, who acts as a kind of air-traffic controller not just for the school but for the neighborhood.
The sun that does penetrate the towering ceiling arrives in long, sword-like rays.
"Anything else would've just been a regular apartment," said Mr. DeLeon, a graphic designer, standing below the towering ceiling of his sun-drenched $1,600-a-month one-bedroom.
The walls under the towering ceiling are mostly bare, save for a huge portrait, by the 1970s subway graffiti artist Toxic, of Mr. Boglione, depicted as a mad black octopus.
But as much as I love the nostalgic vibe on the ground floor, it is the chandeliered Spiegelsaal (mirror hall) upstairs, all towering ceiling, baroque detailing and huge mirrors, that draws gasps, and crowds.
Centered on an elegant patio and fountain, the hotel rises like a Moorish castle, with palatial archways, tiled Andalusian frescoes, towering timbered ceilings, ornate iron balconies, and minarets.
