Example sentences for: marble

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

  • What remains is the bare Pentelic marble used in the construction and the refined lines and form that make it an architectural masterpiece.

  • Beneath the formidable Gothic rotunda, you’ll see an imperial, almost goddess-like marble statue of Victoria surrounded by more mortal early Canadian Prime Ministers.

  • Many other remains date from the Roman era, including ornate entrances round the Fountain of Peirene where you can still hear the waters flowing through caves at the rear, and the Lechaion Road that linked the city to Athens — with worn cart tracks clearly visible in the marble slabs.

  • Michelangelo, though he worked principally in the Apollonian medium of marble, expresses a more animalistic violence and passion (work owned by the pope).

  • Revolutionizing the whole stuffy concept of law courts, with not a marble column or portico in sight, this sparkling structure spreads out in tiers of glassed-in walkways, offices, and courtrooms, and also shops, restaurants, a small cinema, and a skating-rink.


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