spired
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- multispired adjective
- unspired adjective
Etymology
Origin of spired
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.
One side is bordered by spired red sandstone peaks and juniper trees, and there’s a cluster of family homes on the other side.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2021
Where I live, every day, on the frontlines of this digital revolution, there is every reason to feel in spired.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2017
For years, Rabbi White occupied an office on the first floor of Georgetown’s imposing and spired Healy Hall.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2015
Burgos, in Castile-León, is home to a spired Gothic cathedral that is a Unesco World Heritage site.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2013
I wandered within the spired cities and domed pumping stations of Barsoom, and along the verdant banks of the Nilosyrtis and Nepenthes canals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
