Example sentences for: arched

How can you use “arched” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Rising above a handsome stone arched bridge and leafy park, the church of the former 16th-century monastery of São Gonçalo is well worth a visit, especially if you are looking for love:

  • Flowing in and out of 80 arched passageways known as vomitoria, aristocrats and plebs alike came to see blood: bears, lions, tigers, and leopards starved into fighting each other and against criminals, war captives, and (according to some historians) Christians.

  • Here, arched bridges, pagodas, fish ponds, and stands of bamboo create the mood of a timeless Chinese painting.

  • Highlights of the vast interior include the Royal Chapel, a gem of high Baroque; the State Apartments, in which Louis XIV used to entertain; the Salon de Diane, where he would try his hand at billiards; and the glittering Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces), 73 m (240 ft) long and built to catch the setting sun in 17 tall, arched panels of mirrors.

  • For centuries, the clock tower has been every Venetians favorite rendezvous point, an arched ground-level entranceway leading to the Merceria, a narrow zig-zagging boutique-lined street that cuts through this ancient quarter on its way north to the Rialto Bridge.


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