Example sentences for: pinnacles

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

  • Peaks and pinnacles crowd the river, white goats pose on steep mountainsides, and an eagle soars above the cliffs.

  • The bizarre pinnacles that resulted are of the distinctive type of limestone called karst, the same geology one finds in Guilin.

  • The alternation of sea water and air through the millennia created limestone formations called karst, which eroded into pinnacles, mounds, and peaks that captivate the imagination.

  • In the north, the snowcapped Alps and jagged pink pinnacles of the Dolomites; the gleaming Alpine-backed lakes of Como, Garda, and Maggiore; the fertile and industrial plain of the Po, stretching from Turin and Milan across to ancient Verona; the Palladian-villa studded hills of Vicenza; and the romantic canals of Venice.

  • Wander high above the city turmoil under the flying buttresses and around the statues (2,245 in all) and forest of pinnacles (135), up to the roof-ridge for an unbeatable view of the city.


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