Example sentences for: high-rises

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

  • Other firefighters did not receive the evacuation transmissions, for one of four reasons: First, some FDNY radios did not pick up the transmission because of the difficulties of radio communications in high-rises.

  • Happily, the pretty town has escaped the high-rises and tawdry atmosphere of many coastal resorts, although it does get somewhat overwhelmed by crowds in summer.

  • The high-rises and parking garages behind the New City Hall forced Chinatown to move west.

  • The paper reports that construction shortcuts were common in older high-rises, including cases where building crews used vegetable oil cans instead of bricks.

  • Earlier, an FDNY chief had asked building personnel to activate the repeater channel, which would enable greatly-enhanced FDNY portable radio communications in the high-rises.


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