How to Use colonnade in a Sentence

colonnade

noun
Definition of colonnadenext
Synonyms for colonnadenext
  • A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
  • Bullet holes dot the colonnade of the city’s main plaza.
    — Juan Montes, WSJ, 18 June 2018
  • The couples then walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office, ladies first.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The view from the palace through the grand colonnade of fountains to the Baltic Sea is one of the true masterpieces of Russian artistry.
    — Greg Tepper, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The view from the palace through the grand colonnade of fountains to the Baltic Sea is one of the true masterpieces of Russian artistry.
    — Greg Tepper, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The pristine swimming pool is lined by a colonnade of palm trees.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The colonnade on the second floor will be encased in glass to overlook 42nd street.
    — Keiko Morris, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Crews were working to clean the white granite surfaces of the colonnade, which faces the U.S. Capitol.
    — Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Just over the line in Woodbridge, the urban density gives way to a colonnade of trees.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Leave a Note The hotel has great, 19th-century bones (just look at that colonnade!) and sits across the street from one of the nicest beaches in the state.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Reporters and cameras were positioned to record them strolling along the colonnade to the Oval Office.
    — NBC News, 1 June 2018
  • The huge edifice, lined with colonnades, towers behind gates and guards on a busy boulevard in the centre of the city.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • By the time the sun went down, the room had filled, and the party was spilling out onto the colonnade, where people mingled underneath palm trees in the heavy air.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The French provincial manor in the Reserve enclave was built in 2008 and has a grand colonnade with five sets of French doors that open to a vaulted gallery.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The parts of the flows with clear columns are called the colonnade while the areas where the columns are less-than-perfect or absent are the entablature.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
  • The colonnade in the villa's courtyard is another one-off.
    — Pamela McCourt Francescone, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The artist chose to create 140 figures to correspond to the number of Saint statues on the colonnades of St. Peter’s Square.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Explore: Stop by the Singing Fountain, located by the town’s main colonnade.
    — Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 21 July 2022
  • Reyes said that although rides and most attractions at the boardwalk were closed, the colonnade and main plaza remain open for the time being.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • On the facade, which contained the main entrance, was a Corinthian colonnade, three stories high.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Tarps, drapes and other padding had been hung to protect the West Wing colonnade, including in front of the Oval Office.
    — Darlene Superville, Star Tribune, 27 July 2020
  • The structure includes a colonnade, parapet wall, and fanlight windows taking after the look and feel of the White House.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Still standing, however, are most of the stately colonnades lined up for nearly a mile along the main boulevard.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • And under these arches, these sort of colonnades, there was a fishmonger.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
  • He should not be honored with a bronze statue 19 feet tall, surrounded by a colonnade of white marble.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 6 July 2020
  • The one at Le Bristol is a beauty, framed by colonnades and speckled with white parasols and garden tables.
    — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The grandeur of Caesars Palace, with its frothing fountain and polished Roman colonnades, was swapped for the hot and dusty tarmac of the hotel's parking lot.
    — Sarah Holt, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
  • From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God’s blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 27 Mar. 2020
  • At the same time, workers installed a path of lights along the colonnade that runs between the residence and the Oval Office, so that guests can see the Rose Garden better at night.
    — Lyndsey Matthews, Marie Claire, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Style touches, from the arches and colonnades to pastels and barrel-tile roofs, are ubiquitous.
    — John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023

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