How to Use steeple in a Sentence

steeple

noun
Definition of steeplenext
  • The steeple and the basement are the next projects on the list.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
  • Its steeple is over 90 feet high to the top of the cross.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The top floor seemed to have steeples stacked on top of steeples.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
  • When Ian struck, the steeple was ripped off and a hole punched through the roof.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Both ropes were attached to the bell high up in the church steeple.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • We are moved by the call of this Colossus of a tall steeple.
    — Amanda Gorman, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2019
  • From the glass walls on the second and third floor, the Holy Name steeple is a block away.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • The skyscrapers and church steeples are easy to see across the valley.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Port said of the rural city filled with church steeples.
    — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
  • The smokers are out there, along with a nice view of OTR church steeples.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The steeple will come down as part of roof repairs, but the cross on the front of the building will stay.
    — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Parts of the roof were blown away by the high winds, but the church's steeple remained intact.
    — Brian Ries, CNN, 20 June 2019
  • The skyline around the back of the preserve is of stately homes, church steeples and an inn.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
  • There are two gargoyles near the back of St. Mary’s Church on the steeple tower.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019
  • The steeple was part of the original building of the 175-year-old church, LeCroix said.
    — al, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The steeple on Church Street, across the street from Wheaton College, collapsed.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021
  • On Wednesday, Schultz and Forshee climbed the scaffolding to the top of the steeple.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • Grain silos and church steeples are the tallest structures.
    — John McCormick, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Three hours later, flames were visible in the steeple of the old grade school.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • But the steeple of Annie Merner Chapel, like leather seats in an old car parked in the sun, has cracks.
    — Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The only dead civilian was a man who had fallen from the church steeple.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Proceeds from the meal will be used to restore the 1838 steeple on Tolland Green church.
    — Courant Community, 5 June 2018
  • That steeple, if left like this, is going to be a much bigger deal.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The wooden chapel is topped by a wooden steeple in a cross design.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 22 June 2022
  • Tourists used to flock to the building, eager to climb its steeple; at 284-feet, the church was once the tallest building in New York.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Hollywood and the Republican right have clashed for years over the morals of the silver screen and the piety of the steeple.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
  • The rumor was a man had died, he’d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple.
    — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Davidson said the congregation has replaced the roof, and work has been done on the steeple over the years.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The inside of the old steeple has become an artful appendage in the Q Prime office.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But, while the need to issue calls to prayer from the towers dwindled, minarets took on a profound symbolism akin to that of towering cathedrals and church steeples that dot landscapes in the Western world.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024

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