How to Use superstructure in a Sentence

superstructure

noun
  • The ships feature a long flat deck for most of the length of the ship and a tall superstructure to the rear.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The work includes fixes to the bridge deck as well as the superstructure, which supports the deck.
    Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Coast Guard said the vessel has a bluish-purple hull, a white superstructure and white sails.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Outside, meanwhile, two wide side decks run from the bow to the stern to create a sense of flow around to the superstructure.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Crews needed to run 1,000 feet of firehose across the dock, up the gangplank and then up the superstructure steps.
    oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • From the 3-D superstructures to the nonstop music and the over-the-top fashion, there's no shortage of things to do, see, and hear.
    Jenna Blaha, Marie Claire, 22 June 2017
  • The superstructure sat at one place in the yard, the hull and deck that would carry it at another.
    al, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The year of its collapse, the bridge’s superstructure rating was a 4.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 June 2017
  • There were stories about the arrival of the steel superstructure, built in the Bay Area, and of the concrete girders, made in Long Beach.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2019
  • If nobody were to show up to vote on Election Day, the superstructure of the country would fall apart.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The living area, located at the rear of the superstructure, consists of six suites, with room for up to 12 guests.
    Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
  • It's got a smooth outside that goes up to a superstructure, and its sides are curving.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The entire superstructure that made up the wheelhouse and middle deck had been destroyed in the blaze.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • So using the platform to build the superstructure and then return it to the neighborhood on my own terms is a huge step for me.
    New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • Dark shadows lurk nearby in a hatch in the tanker’s superstructure.
    Helen Scales, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
  • The most outlandish of these was that Tabby's Star was, or at least was involved in, the creation of an alien superstructure.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The radar is installed in a number of bulges on the ship's superstructure, again, like American ships.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2017
  • It was built to last: A concrete superstructure supports the 5,000-odd reclaimed bricks that form the facade.
    Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Christened Ono, the yacht has a wedge-like silhouette with a sharp reverse bow and a sleek superstructure that tapers to the stern.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The firm balanced the strength of the steel hull with aluminum for the yacht’s superstructure to reduce weight and lower its center of gravity.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2022
  • That won’t be easy with a concrete superstructure that towers so high.
    Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • What if this 20-percent area of the sky is one superstructure that takes up the entire shadow region, like the villain in a cartoon?
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
  • It’s got the characters of a noir film, Jackie Chan action sequences, music out of a New York jazz club, and the superstructure of a space opera.
    Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The team says the design of the superstructure undersides, which are beveled and streamlined, allow more light in and give them a lighter appearance.
    Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
  • The superstructure will be made out of either lightweight aluminum or even FRP.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • The metal superstructure of the plant is about ten stories tall, and there are dozens of men hanging off of every level, welding.
    Michael J. Mooney, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2015
  • Her superstructure was stripped and a 550-foot wooden flight deck fitted.
    Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2018
  • The relatively low length-to-beam ratio and a very high superstructure make for a stout-looking ship.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The ship has two aircraft elevators on the starboard side, fore and aft of the island superstructure.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
  • The bridge is being reconstructed in a $1.7 million project with plans to replace the superstructure and bridge span.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2017

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