Example sentences for: erected

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

  • The first palatial structures at Knossós, and other great cities such as Phaistós and Mália, were erected around 2000 b.c., but these were destroyed by an earthquake 300 years later.

  • Erected in 1911, its cross-shaped arcades offer cooling shade and you can buy the best of the island’s natural products as souvenirs, while locals buy for the night’s meal.

  • Berlin continued its transformation in the year 2000, as new foreign embassies were erected, many in their pre-War locations, and old ones refurbished, in preparation for increased foreign diplomatic representation in Germany’s capital.

  • The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 and its ensuing case law have erected absurd barriers to workers' freedom of association.

  • A leader in Britain's Observer took an unusual position, claiming that the carelessly erected buildings of the 1980s, which have been blamed for the quake's massive death toll, represent Turkey's "attempt to escape from stagnation and backwardness by letting private enterprise rip."


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