Example sentences for: atop

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

  • The Wall Street Journal puts atop its "Worldwide" box the first indictments in the Russian money-laundering case, a story fronted by the other papers.

  • (This story is reefered by the Los Angeles Times and runs atop the Wall Street Journal 's "Business and Finance" box.)

  • The large Cyclopean Walls  — huge rough-hewn blocks of granite laid one atop another with extreme precision — are so called because their enemies could not believe that humans could be responsible for the construction and gave the credit to the one-eyed giant of myth.

  • The heart of ancient Athens was centered around the dome of the Acropolis, with sacred temples built atop the rock and the town built on its undulating flanks.

  • Above the beaches, with fine views of the city and the sea, are a number of parks atop steep green hills.


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