How to Use colonnade in a Sentence

colonnade

noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• It's designed as an homage to the grand hotels of 1920s Paris, complete with colonnades, a cobblestone courtyard and impeccable service.
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024