Example sentences for: octagonal

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

  • The octagonal 12th-century Romanesque baptistery of San Giovanni (St.

  • Begun in 1329 at the height of Catalonia’s expansion as a Mediterranean power, Santa María del Mar is the greatest example of pure Catalan Gothic, with unadorned exterior walls, a flat roof, sober façade flanked by two three-tiered octagonal bell towers, and a large rose window over the portal.

  • The temple itself, an octagonal seven-tier structure, was rebuilt in the 15th century.

  • The building has been much altered over the centuries but the atmosphere in the steamy main pool, where a stone Turkish dome rises over an octagonal pool and sunbeams stream in through the star-shaped glass openings in the cupola, is magically ancient.

  • Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos, another church closer to the castle, has an octagonal shape that reflects the influence of the architecture of the Knights Templar, and the remarkable dome is covered in beautiful 17th-century azulejos.


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