How to Use skyscraper in a Sentence

skyscraper

noun
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  • An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is about to make a close pass to Earth.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Fuhr advanced two bases on the play and scored on Brown’s skyscraper.
    — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the top of a skyscraper with his name on it, Reginald surveys the city.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
  • The third base is on a skyscraper building in the commercial area.
    — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The brass glared like a reflection off a skyscraper’s skin.
    — Vulture, 22 May 2023
  • Erecting the highest skyscraper gave caché to Met Life.
    — Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Aramark ran the observation deck near the top of the skyscraper.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In the center of Kyiv, just a skyscraper, like a business center.
    — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2022
  • At last count, KPF, as the firm is known, had designed more than 250 skyscrapers around the globe, including some of the tallest.
    — Paul Goldberger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Downtown skyscrapers glittered in the sun and, beyond that, the ocean looked golden.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Tom Cruise has hung off the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai and dangled from the wing of a plane thousands of feet above the earth.
    — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
  • Ahead of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena, dozens of floors of the skyscraper were tagged with colorful spray paint.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The couple and the kids jetted to New York City at one point, as seen in a picture of Rocky looking at skyscrapers.
    — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Its wide roads and low brick-and-mortar shops are a sharp contrast to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • Ethan Hunt had just jumped off a helicopter down through a skyscraper.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 15 June 2022
  • And shorter buildings — not skyscrapers — account for the most bird deaths.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In another shot, the dad of three posed in front of the futuristic skyscrapers while Liam stood in the background.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In many of those cities, every square inch of land is precious and skyscrapers suck up power.
    — Joann Muller, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
  • And, in what feels like a full-circle moment, Lewis has designed one of the skyscraper’s model units.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Sherwood’s script got Keaton marooned high up in a skyscraper but couldn’t find a way of getting him down.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • One of those flights came a day after Huizar and Huang reviewed the skyscraper plans with a large group of city officials.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • What will skyscrapers, or smartphones, or schools look like in thirty years?
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
  • One of the best parts of visiting a city is getting out of it and finding pockets of nature among the skyscrapers and city streets.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Here, skyscrapers are pine trees, subway maps are trails and museums are art exhibits in the woods.
    — James Barrett, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • On the 30th floor of a skyscraper, Janki felt entirely cut off from nature.
    — Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Bangkok skyline is known for its towering skyscrapers, and a good number of them have rooftop bars that range in style and budget.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Construction workers are still shoring up the skyscraper, which has sunk 18 inches and tilted 2 feet to the west.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 June 2022
  • His dad led the maintenance team for a skyscraper in New Orleans, where the family lived.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Taken together, the new skyscraper will house more than one million square feet of office space and more than two million square feet of retail space.
    — Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The crane had tumbled from a skyscraper that will eventually be the tallest residential building on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024

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