How to Use archway in a Sentence

archway

noun
  • The stone fell from the top of the archway structure, which was about 12 feet high.
    Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • An archway that serves as an entrance to the park will be at the same spot as the main entrance to the high school.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2019
  • And at the archway’s edge, a woman sprawled on the ground, unconscious.
    New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The kitchen is nearby, connected to the space by a large archway.
    Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Their words are worked into sculptural archways and on the walls of the center.
    Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The new figure is near the beginning of the ride, right after boats go through the archway.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • For Van Deraa, the archway and the sleigh are her favorite pieces.
    Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The three stand in the archway of Blake's backyard chapel where the ceremony took place.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2021
  • Christ is at the center in the upper part of the painting with an archway and a view of a landscape behind him.
    The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2019
  • The line formed long before 10 a.m., when the first fish was set to be served, snaking from the harbor to the promenade through the ancient archway.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The field has become a maze of lights on trees, archways and the nine giant reindeer from Santa’s sleigh.
    Christina Barron, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The archway at the entrance to the neighborhood had been demolished; the gnarled hull of a black car sat nearby.
    Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • When the first tower collapsed Dave ducked into the archway of a building.
    Jennifer Brett, ajc, 2 June 2018
  • The archway is part of the new China Garden being constructed in the East Side park.
    Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • At the bottom of a winding road, under an archway cut from large pink stones, is the gurgling spring the village was named for.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2018
  • The home is just a few years old, built in 2020, and has a lot of curb appeal with the brick exterior framed by white columns and archways.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2023
  • At the City of David, harp music plays through loudspeakers in the courtyard, and a large sculpture of a harp fills an archway at the entrance.
    Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Through stone archways, a hallway leads you to the spa-like bathroom that overlooks the verdant landscape.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The stone walls, archways and courtyards are still imposing.
    Michael Siconolfi, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • When the quake hit, someone yelled and everyone crowded under an archway next to the kitchen.
    Michael Robertson and Susan Sward, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The playwright asks for doors, archways and four distinct platforms of varying heights.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 25 June 2019
  • The Last Bookstore is truly a refuge, books form walls and windows, archways, tumble off shelves.
    Reif Larsen, The Seattle Times, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The ten honorees lined up behind an archway adorned with balloons.
    Daniel Golden doris Burke, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
  • Finally, the coffins were carried to the archway of the cemetery, where they were held high, bounced and turned around, giving the two young men their final dance.
    Julie Turkewitz Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Yoko climbed out of the vehicle first and began walking towards the archway.
    Kenneth Womack, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2020
  • No one seemed to know who had painted the scene adorning the Coliseum’s main archway — or when.
    Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • Set on the staircase outside the chapel, a stunning white floral archway served as the perfect backdrop to the royal kiss.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2018
  • The 10 honorees lined up behind an archway adorned with balloons.
    Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The red and white stripes on the archway, once as striking as the Golden Gate Bridge, have dulled significantly over time.
    Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Tucked into an archway, this desk is made up of a thick piece of wood placed on top of a single cabinet of drawers.
    Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023

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