How to Use piazza in a Sentence

piazza

noun
  • Piazza falls down three steps and the brother leaves him on the floor.
    sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • The house has many entrances, like a great piazza in Rome.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 29 Nov. 2017
  • The design even includes a piazza on the north side of the building.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Choose from two, two-hour sessions, held back-to-back on the patio in the piazza.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The little kids chased each other around the piazza while Teigen posed on a bench and laughed.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Just off the corner of the piazza is the station at Via Caposcuro.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2022
  • In the town’s center, a stone church fronts a quiet piazza.
    Douglas Morino, Orange County Register, 17 June 2017
  • The image’s low contrast and lack of sharpness suggest that it was snapped from the hurly-burly of the piazza.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Diners can eat there, on the patio, in the pretty piazza or take it to-go.
    Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Not in the flesh, of course, as he's been dead more than 120 years, but as a statue or the namesake of a piazza, pizzeria or cafe.
    Cory Oldweiler, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • Teddy played with Melissa, the daughter of the toy-store owner, in the piazza.
    Bonnie Tsui, Redbook, 23 May 2017
  • The town's tiny piazza is an ideal spot for lunch and/or a quick espresso.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Around 100 set up camp with their suitcases on the grass in the piazza outside the building.
    Tom Kington, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The grounds were choked with weeds, and the mansion’s piazza overlooking the river was propped up with old ship’s masts.
    Eddie Dean, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The crowd grew quiet as the horses and their riders entered the piazza.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Every entry point to the yacht leads to the vast, theatrical piazza of sorts.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • O’Connor and Buckley smile shyly at one another, as if across a Veronese piazza — when the play leaps out of the gate.
    New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
  • In one piazza, a sign points to the Byzantine Road, laid a thousand years ago and leading down to the port of Piso Livadi.
    Andrew Sean Greer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Children were hoisted aloft to be blessed by the Virgin as a marching band played in a small piazza fronting the church that bears her name.
    Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • We were charmed by the colorful fishing boats and the cafe life in the adjacent piazza.
    Pamela Hasterok, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2017
  • A lovely day, though blue and pale yellow and blue ceiling over the piazza, and all the roses and golds of the houses shining.
    Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The piazza thronged with onlookers jostling for a perfect view of the basilica right in front of them.
    Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
  • There's no room to sit inside, but there are plenty of tables outside on the piazza.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Tables are placed outside on a large piazza and within the cave, where lanterns cast a lovely glow over the bar's sandstone walls.
    Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The crowds around the basilica were larger than normal, but were contained near the main piazza.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Piazza’s parents, Jim and Evelyn, arrived at the courthouse around 7:30 a.m. with their lawyer, Tom Kline, and once again took front-row seats in the courtroom.
    Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
  • The morning fog still hadn’t lifted when the main piazza started filling up.
    Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Small, charming restaurant and wine bar just off the piazza with old-school touches like hanging meats from the ceiling.
    Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • In Italy, according to American television, the sunlight is always golden, the seas are azure blue, the flora is every shade of green, and the marble statues scattered across city piazzas are always creamy white.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Take in the Baroque architecture of Lecce and prepare to be overwhelmed by its exuberant facades, altarpieces, and piazzas.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024

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