How to Use steeple in a Sentence

steeple

noun

• The steeple and the basement are the next projects on the list.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
• Its steeple is over 90 feet high to the top of the cross.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022
• The top floor seemed to have steeples stacked on top of steeples.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
• When Ian struck, the steeple was ripped off and a hole punched through the roof.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• Both ropes were attached to the bell high up in the church steeple.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
• We are moved by the call of this Colossus of a tall steeple.
  — Amanda Gorman, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2019
• From the glass walls on the second and third floor, the Holy Name steeple is a block away.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
• The skyscrapers and church steeples are easy to see across the valley.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Port said of the rural city filled with church steeples.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
• The smokers are out there, along with a nice view of OTR church steeples.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The steeple will come down as part of roof repairs, but the cross on the front of the building will stay.
  — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
• Parts of the roof were blown away by the high winds, but the church's steeple remained intact.
  — Brian Ries, CNN, 20 June 2019
• The skyline around the back of the preserve is of stately homes, church steeples and an inn.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
• There are two gargoyles near the back of St. Mary’s Church on the steeple tower.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019
• The steeple was part of the original building of the 175-year-old church, LeCroix said.
  — al, 12 Apr. 2020
• The steeple on Church Street, across the street from Wheaton College, collapsed.
  — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021
• On Wednesday, Schultz and Forshee climbed the scaffolding to the top of the steeple.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
• Grain silos and church steeples are the tallest structures.
  — John McCormick, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
• Three hours later, flames were visible in the steeple of the old grade school.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• But the steeple of Annie Merner Chapel, like leather seats in an old car parked in the sun, has cracks.
  — Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2021
• The only dead civilian was a man who had fallen from the church steeple.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 June 2019
• Proceeds from the meal will be used to restore the 1838 steeple on Tolland Green church.
  — Courant Community, 5 June 2018
• That steeple, if left like this, is going to be a much bigger deal.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2021
• The wooden chapel is topped by a wooden steeple in a cross design.
  — Kelly Kazek | [e-mail], al, 22 June 2022
• Tourists used to flock to the building, eager to climb its steeple; at 284-feet, the church was once the tallest building in New York.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2021
• Hollywood and the Republican right have clashed for years over the morals of the silver screen and the piety of the steeple.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
• The rumor was a man had died, he’d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple.
  — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
• Davidson said the congregation has replaced the roof, and work has been done on the steeple over the years.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2018
• Over the years, the steeple of the church has sometimes been visible when the water reached low levels.
  — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Church steeples are of course favored spots for lightning strikes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024