Example sentences for: obelisk

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

  • A huge unfinished obelisk lies prone but not free from the face.

  • Two blocks north is another lively square, Praça dos Restauradores, with its historic obelisk commemorating the overthrow of Spanish Hapsburg rule in 1640.

  • Stroll alongside a pleasant little garden, Parc des Gouverneurs, with its obelisk paying tribute to Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, both killed at the great battle for Québec in 1759.

  • At the heart of the square is the Monument to the People’s Heroes, a granite obelisk where the democracy movement was headquartered in 1989.

  • An obelisk in the forest commemorates the event.


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