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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