PEDIMENT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PEDIMENT, such as:
1. One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg.
2. Temple sat on the pediment of a pillar, leaning back, his cap pulled down on his sleepy eyes.
2. Temple sat on the pediment of a pillar, leaning back, his cap pulled down on his sleepy eyes.
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Meanings and Examples of PEDIMENT
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pediment
n. a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
Classic Sentence:
1 Temple sat on the pediment of a pillar, leaning back, his cap pulled down on his sleepy eyes.
2 Likewise, the architect's best efforts had failed to cause the pediment to stand in the centre of the building, since the proprietor had had one of its four original columns removed.
3 One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg.
4 The front part of the temple had long ago been overgrown with thick bushes; only the pediments of the columns could be seen above the dense green.
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