Example sentences for: high-rise

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

  • Both FDNY and NYPD protocols called for FDNY personnel to be placed in NYPD helicopters in the event of an attempted rooftop rescue at a high-rise fire.

  • Middle sister Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is the author of arty, titillating short stories and a magnet for studs and weight lifters; she resides in a dim high-rise down the corridor from two unrelated fatties, Kristina (Camryn Manheim) and Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

  • Tourist interest focuses on the Port Olímpic, the new port, a lively area of restaurants and bars clustered around anchored boats and yachts, the stretch of landscaped beaches called Platjas de Barcelona, and the shopping centered around the deluxe high-rise Hotel Arts, which sits imposingly on the beach.

  • Skirting the bay, which has been transformed into a variation on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, are high-rise hotels and apartment buildings.

  • In this spirit, a moratorium on high-rise office buildings was passed by Seattle voters in the early '80s, in the hope that evil corporations would be driven away.


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