Example Sentences

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He made his way to the ground floor and passed through the atrium, where giant urnlike lamps lit the space like beacons.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2020

From my seat among the stones I stretch my hand and touch My friend the elm, urnlike, lithesome, tall.

From The Song of the Stone Wall by Keller, Helen

Vendors of cooling drinks, iced lemonades, and such-like, move along with gay flags flaunting over the brilliant urnlike copper that contains the refreshing beverage.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

Lastly, as a cresting to the horizontal moulding, there is a row of urnlike objects, the only renaissance features about the whole door.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum