Example sentences for: balcony

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

  • Etymologies in the OED, The Random House Unabridged , and Kluge's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache have cognates of balagan/balcony popping up in Slovene ( blazina ), Greek, and most significantly in Lithuanian ( balǽienas ), purportedly the most conservative of the Indo-European languages.

  • Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives a similar etymology, stating that balcony is ultimately of Gmc origin.

  • Also interesting is the indication in the Tolkovyi Slovar' that the word is of Persian origin and that in Persian it means balcony.

  • Genuine Spanish tilework sits beside locally made copies; a Roman sarcophagus and a 3,500-year-old Egyptian goddess are both authentic, but the castle’s façade, with its equestrian friezes on the balcony and Gothic-style canopies, is made almost completely of reinforced concrete.

  • It’s a modest affair, just one small room, with a balcony for female worshippers.


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