How to Use foundation stone in a Sentence

foundation stone

noun

• In August, Modi laid down the foundation stone for a new temple to be built at the site of the Babri mosque.
  — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
• Nearly three years ago, the royal laid the foundation stone for the Oak Cancer Centre.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• These are the foundation stones of a sturdy partnership.
  — Helen Fisher, New York Times, 7 May 2020
• Will left tackle Ronnie Stanley be healthy enough to reclaim his role as the foundation stone?
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• At the back of the open-air seating area, 16 golden shovels festooned with red bows poked from a circle of fine brown dirt, with a foundation stone at the center.
  — Kyle Munson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2017
• It’s a foundation stone that is still fresh, vital delicious.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
• The letter was dated June 2, one week after Hitler had laid the foundation stone for the Volkswagen factory.
  — David De Jong, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• Contractors will lay the foundation stone in May, and construction is expected to take four years.
  — Joseph D’hippolito, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
• Eppink hopes the original bridge and the foundation stones from a barn will remain on the property to help preserve its history.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019
• Though seven more years would pass before the foundation stone was laid, Wren’s new cathedral would be England’s first built since the Reformation and its first non-Gothic one.
  — Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 11 May 2018
• On the first anniversary of the decision on Jammu and Kashmir, Modi this year laid the foundation stone for the temple in Ayodhya.
  — Upmanyu Trivedi, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• The building’s foundation stone was engraved with an earlier date, Reitz said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2023
• Remnants of this period on Sapelo still resonate in the foundation stones, earthworks and with the Sapelonians themselves.
  — Brett McNish, Smithsonian, 15 Feb. 2018
• They must be held to account, along with Johnson, for lying to the people they were elected to serve about the very foundation stone of our democratic republic — the legitimacy of elections.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2021
• Life insurance and life insurance trusts are a foundation stone of estate planning for many families.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• However, thanks to a steady stream of benefactors and dedicated professors, Jamia survived, going on to lay the foundation stone for its current campus in Okhla, near New Delhi, in 1935.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 29 Dec. 2019
• In April last year, eight months before Modi laid the parliament's foundation stone in a high-profile photo-op, a petition was filed to the Supreme Court opposing plans on legal and environmental grounds.
  — Oscar Holland, CNN, 8 May 2021
• This principle is the very foundation stone of mutual respect and non-discrimination.
  — Graham Dunbar, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• The Princess of Wales made an appearance to celebrate the laying of the foundation stone for the hospital's new children's ambulatory care center, with a vibrant ensemble by fashion designer Catherine Walker.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
• And it's become one of the foundation stones upholding Republican dominance of state political offices.
  — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• Modi, reelected resoundingly that year after a heavily Hindu nationalist campaign, laid the foundation stone at the construction site in 2020 as work began.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• Erdogan eagerly associates himself with new stadiums—laying foundation stones, presiding over openings, even playing in exhibition matches.
  — Patrick Keddie, The New Republic, 7 May 2018

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024