Empire State Building


An office building in New York City, over one thousand feet high. Opened in the 1930s, it was for many years the tallest skyscraper in the world.

Notes for Empire State Building

The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.

Words Nearby Empire State Building

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How to use Empire State Building in a sentence

  • New supplement of 18 photos on Empire State Building construction.

  • He gestured toward the great apparition of the Empire State Building so near us.

    The White Invaders | Raymond King Cummings
  • The steep ramp of the mountainside upon which we were perched sloped up and cut midway through the Empire State Building.

    The White Invaders | Raymond King Cummings
  • And now here we are aboard this big baby that feels as motionless as the Empire State Building.

    Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal | Robert Sydney Bowen
  • He will be leaving his office in the Empire State Building in about half an hour.

    The Mind Master | Arthur J. Burks