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:

  • To improve radio capability in high-rises, the FDNY has internally developed a "post radio" that is small enough for a battalion chief to carry to the upper floors and that greatly repeats and enhances radio signal strength.

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

  • 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.

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

  • As units climbed higher, their ability to communicate with chiefs on tactical 1 became more limited and sporadic, both because of the limited effectiveness of FDNY radios in high-rises and because so many units on tactical 1 were trying to communicate at once.


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