pyramid
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The shape of the dress, rising pyramidally upward, mountain-like, feels as if it were the real subject of the portrait.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2018
Suddenly the march of the whole army was arrested by a fort, built upon an inaccessible rock, which rose pyramidally from the bed of the stream.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The Ark. A curious structure, raised pyramidally in four tiers, with open arcades, in which birds and beasts are seen.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
Above are three circles arranged pyramidally, each containing nine cusps.
From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock
Balls there were in abundance, for, in addition to piles standing pyramidally at the foot of each tower, half-covered now by flowers and shrubs, there were similar piles close to the carriage of each gun.
From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by George Manville Fenn
