Example sentences for: tiles

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

  • Its faded glory includes balustrade terraces and staircases with splendid bursts of bougainvillea, busts of historic characters impaled on the parapets, brightly colored wall tiles, and formal gardens.

  • A spacious and airy old place, it’s decorated with 17th- and 18th-century tiles, paintings, and gilt-wood carving.

  • It has Gothic arches, a splendid inlaid cedar ceiling of Moorish design, beautifully carved blue-and-gold choir stalls, gilded altars, and a sprinkling of nice azulejos (blue-and-white ceramic tiles).

  • Also worth visiting are the Igreja Matriz (São Clemente), a 13th-century Gothic church with 18th-century azulejo tiles; the Convento da Graça, with a terrific Manueline portal; and Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a small church prized for its Baroque altar and ceramic tiles.


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