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Example sentences for: minaret
How can you use “minaret” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
When you reach tiny Plateía Iróon look for the minaret of Kara Pasha mosque standing sentinel above the surrounding buildings.
The triple-eaved Introspection Tower (Shengxin) is a minaret from which many of Xi’an’s sizeable Muslim minority, including descendants of Silk Road travelers, are called to prayer.
The women are also responsible for one other characteristic of Indian “architecture” — cow-dung patties which are preserved and kept for fuel and artfully shaped into mounds with shapes that differ from region to region, some of them resembling a Buddhist stupa, a Hindu gopuram, or even a Moslem minaret.
The modern minaret is known as the “Plain (or Naked) Pagoda,” in contrast to the Flower Pagoda of the Buddhist temple.
The original minaret on the southwest corner is the tallest in Cairo at 81 m (265 ft).
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