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How to use archway in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Archway means a passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry. Example: “A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.”

More sentences with archway

  • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.From the entry communication
  • They crowded through the archway and into the park.From the entry crowd
  • Walk under the archway of the Towers, the iconic symbol of Gansett!2022, Charlotte Rygh, “Narragansett”, in Shrimp ‘n Lobster: A New England Adventure, Oakland: Collective Book Studio, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry Gansett
  • They stood in the doorways like contestants framed in the spangled, lightbulbed archways of a game show.2009, Lev Grossman, “The Ram”, in The Magicians, Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry lightbulbed
  • The ingenuitive men soon found a large archway leading to the outside of the cave.2004 November, Cristian Macavei, A Series of Robbing Thieves, Virtualbookworm Publishing, page 180. From the entry ingenuitive
  • Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.2003, Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry curator
  • Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress.2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide, page 73. From the entry pickup
  • The outer yett was closed, and a torch burned in a socket set in the gatehouse wall beside the archway.2015, Douglas Nicholas, Throne of Darkness, page 126. From the entry yett
  • Kapoor’s wildly popular “Cloud Gate,” an enormous, shiny, pillowlike archway (known as the Bean) at Millennium Park in Chicago.2008 May 30, Roberta Smith, “Sculptor as Magician”, in New York Times. From the entry pillowlike
  • She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 185. From the entry Chinatown
  • My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.1992, Merrill Joan Gerber, The Kingdom of Brooklyn, Syracuse University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, pages 76–77. From the entry menorah
  • Suzan-Lori Parks is drawn to archways.2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times, archived from…. From the entry golden arches
  • With a tower, and within the tower a dimlit archway, the only light above the thick black trees whenever Angela drove past at night.2011, Gina Berriault, “Women in Their Beds”, in Leonard Gardner, editor, Stolen Pleasures: Selected Stories of Gina Berriault, page 195195. From the entry dimlit
  • The allegorical figures standing on trimounts appear like guardians, flanking an archway formed by two fruit trees which frame the composite coat of arms.1987, Veronika Birke, Walter L. Strauss, The Illustrated Bartsch, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry trimount
  • Little picket gates and hedgy archways provide interesting access points to the gardens and their crazy paving winding among small lawns, rose arrays and vegetable patches.1998, Ciaran Carson, The Star Factory, page 122. From the entry hedgy
  • Next, to find how many boards you will need, calculate the square footage of each wall, ignoring all openings except the largest, such as archways or picture windows.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry square footage

Meaning of archway

  1. noun A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
  2. noun A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.

Full definition of archway

Questions about archway in a sentence

How do you use archway in a sentence?
Archway is used as a noun. For example: “A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.”
What is a short sentence with archway?
“Suzan-Lori Parks is drawn to archways.”
What does archway mean?
Archway means a passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.

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