Example sentences for: pyramids

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

  • Timothy Noah's image of the standard old public building ("") seems to be derived from Mayan or Egyptian pyramids, Greek theaters, the Roman Coliseum, and Notre Dame cathedral.

  • Standing at the base of the sacred causeway that once linked the pyramids to the Nileisthe Sphinx, the enigmatic depiction of Khephren with his head attached to a lion’s body.

  • You can find myriad copies of ancient pieces — from obelisks to pyramids — and incredibly kitsch and tacky copies of Ancient Egyptian artifacts such as Tutankhamun’s mask, but also wonderful hand-carved vases, bowls, and urns.

  • But because the iron balls and the brass holders had markedly different coefficients of expansion, the pyramids of cannonballs had a tendency to collapse during cold snaps—weather that was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

  • This is sensational cinema: crowds swarming among pyramids in eye-popping 3-D, camerawork that's distinctly Spielbergian in its fluidity.


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