How to Use quadrangle in a Sentence

quadrangle

noun
  • The monarch greeted the Bidens in the castle’s quadrangle.
    Washington Post, 13 June 2021
  • Will there be some sort of love quadrangle between Rey, Kylo, Finn and Rose?
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The ground where the abbey once stood is now a covered in lawn, but its presence can still be felt when walking among the trees that stand in what used to be the quadrangle and courtyards.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
  • His gaze took in the sun-beaten, gray adobe buildings, all one-story structures, that rimmed the vacant quadrangle.
    Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2018
  • Everywhere in Paris, soldiers stalked the streets in tight quadrangles, assault rifles at the ready.
    Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 7 June 2017
  • The queen's private apartments are in another end of the castle quadrangle.
    Nancy Nathan, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Logue was nearby, and the King stood (not sat, as reported in the press) alone in a small room opposite his study, overlooking the quiet quadrangle in the middle of the Palace.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, Fairbanks made a brief speech in the California quadrangle after the days work was done.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Taylor and Rice designed a custom door whose quadrangle shape has no right angles.
    Liz Stinson, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2018
  • That's a lie, and merely a weak attempt at a positive spin during these sad, desperate sports times for our quadrangle of losers.
    Mac Engel, star-telegram, 14 Apr. 2018
  • But plans are being considered for a smaller, more low-key event this summer in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle.
    Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Biden then walked onto the quadrangle and inspected the guard -- without his aviators.
    Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 13 June 2021
  • As for Camila Mendes, who plays Veronica, thinks the love quadrangle will never go away completely.
    Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 5 May 2017
  • The school opened its doors again on March 25, on a new 55-acre main campus across the street, with dorms for faculty and female students, and a grass quadrangle where students gather to play soccer and volleyball.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 15 June 2017
  • Alwyn plays Nick Conway, a married actor who is the sole male member of a thoroughly modern love quadrangle.
    Harry Carr, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The need to protect the nonagenarian royals from the virus remains paramount: The queen spent only about 20 minutes in the sprawling quadrangle for the Salvation Army event.
    Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Later, as the afternoon wore on and dusk fell, members of the family mingled, at a proper distance and wearing masks, with their guests under a marquee set up in the quadrangle.
    Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The veteran was joined by his daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter for the ceremony that took place at the quadrangle at Windsor Castle.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2020
  • During reunions, the Northfield, Minn., college has a parade of classes that circles a campus quadrangle.
    Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Practiced in the art of ceremony, the queen directed Mr. Trump around the quadrangle as the two participated in an inspection of her honor guard.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • It was established in 1915 during the world exposition here and is housed on the north side of the California quadrangle, built during the exposition.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • At the Lalit Hotel, which has been a vocal proponent of gender diversity at the workplace, the job fair was hosted in an open quadrangle on a sunny afternoon.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 27 Feb. 2020
  • This kicks off a love quadrangle of sorts that explores the nuances of friendship and the ace spectrum in a romance novel unlike any other, with characters that feel so real and lines that sound like poetry.
    Ali Hazelwood, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • So who is this integral fourth member of the tricky royal love quadrangle, real-life military veteran, and former husband to the now-Duchess of Cornwall?
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Nov. 2019
  • This is the setup for an extremely messy love quadrangle, but the show is primarily interested in only Frances’ corner of it.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022
  • The campus quadrangle is largely quiet, other than the chants coming from the picket lines in front of building entrances and the roving marching band of protesters crisscrossing the campus.
    Chloe Watlington, The New Republic, 6 June 2019
  • Boarding school conjures a certain image: children in preppy blazers, leafy quadrangles in New England and tuition that costs more than many families earn in a year.
    Laura J. Nelson, latimes.com, 18 June 2018
  • Tape outlines a quadrangle on the floor and the full company walks that perimeter, framing couples who take turns in lyric flights through the center, one dancer often carrying another who is upside down.
    New York Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Though the specifics are, of course, fictionalized, this quadrangle is apparently real.
    Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2019
  • On the first floor of one side of the quadrangle, Cassell, at Slowe’s behest, supplied a panoply of social spaces, including parlors, a music room, and a social hall that could be used for special parties or for everyday dining.
    Carla Yanni, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019

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