Example sentences for: erected

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

  • It's a testimony to his energy that when editors questioned his hacker piece, he erected a Web site to prove the existence of a nonexistent software company.

  • At the end of the stone jetty is a lighthouse erected during Turkish rule and the harbor cafés were where Ottomans used to socialize over dark thick coffee and communal narghiles (bubble pipes).

  • Its most arresting site is Little Western Heaven (Xiao Xi Tian), which consists of a square pagoda and four towers, erected as a shrine to the Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin) in 1770.

  • The enclave, which in its entirety exists to host and serve visitors, is perennially stocked with cranes, as new hotels and restaurants continue to be erected.

  • The mosque and tomb were erected on the bed of sand that covered the temple and now sit five m (20 ft) or so above the excavated floor level.


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