Example sentences for: reliefs

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

  • A mosaic representing Christ the King is set above friezes and reliefs of Prussian monarchs from Friedrich I (1415–1440) to the last crown prince, Friedrich Wilhelm.

  • It has a fine central portal with reliefs of Old Testament scenes on its pilasters sculpted with great dignity and power by Siena-born master Jacopo della Quercia.

  • In the next courtyard, the Mul Chowk, there are two outstanding examples of 17th-century Newari metalwork, tall bronze reliefs of the goddesses Ganga (standing on a crocodile) and Jamuna (standing on a tortoise).

  • Even without the originally designed crowning gable, the sculpted multi-colored marble façade makes an impact, with statues of prophets, saints, and apostles above the medallion reliefs of Roman emperors.

  • Reliefs carved on Ramses’ thrones depict the Nile gods, and in a niche between the two central colossi is a small statue to the god Ra-Herekhty (Ra the sun god combined with Horus) with whom Ramses shares the temple.


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