porticoes
- plural of portico.
Example Sentences
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Its White City—a temporary demonstration of the grandeur of classical architecture, with Greek and Roman-style colonnades and porticoes arranged around a lake—had been designed by America’s greatest architects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Some of them even spent a night or two sleeping on tiled floors among its trickling fountains and delicate arched porticoes.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
At a meeting in China on Wednesday, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, the U.N. culture agency, inscribed the porticoes on the prestigious list.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021
Surrounded by columns, fountains, porticoes and an outdoor fireplace, it feels more like the Mediterranean than St. Louis.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2018
Some had domes and columned porticoes, like national monuments.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
