Example sentences for: statue

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

  • The famous statue, the discus thrower.

  • There they would be able to worship an ivory-and- gold-covered wooden statue of Athena said to be 12 m (39 ft) high which has long since been lost.

  • Rebuilt with lavish materials (stone and stained glass) by the Empress Dowager in 1893, this 36-m (118-ft) statue of a boat was restored (it is said) with funds meant to shore up China’s woeful navy, but it was not long before Japan completely humiliated China in battles at sea.

  • After admiring the unusually tall statue of the discoverer, leave the square from the northeastern corner and walk along Boulevard del Valle; this is a pretty street with a series of brightly painted buildings, but the traffic can be busy.

  • And it wasn’t until 1558 that the addition of the huge bells and a weather vane (Giralda in Spanish) in the form of a statue of a beautiful goddess representing Faith, raised the height to 98 m (322 ft).


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