cornice
cornices
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present tense formof cornice (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Team leader Iain Nesbitt said the incident highlighted the risks posed by cornices.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
The back story encouraged me to actually look up and take stock of the graceful arched windows and ridiculously detailed cornices stretching as far as I could see down lower Broadway.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Columns were piled on pilasters, rusticated plinths groaned under heaving cornices and every junction was elaborated with a twiddly moulding.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2017
Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
