triumphal arch

How To Use triumphal arch In A Sentence

• Entering the village was like passing under an invisible triumphal arch, quite splendid.
• An impression of the original statue group on top may be gained from the chariot groups on the triumphal arch in the relief on the south.
• To the left we had the Champs-Elysees with their noble elms whose terminus is marked, off yonder on an elevation, by the great triumphal arch of Napoleon in the Place de L'Etoile. France Through Canadian Eyes
• Apart from the interior triumphal arch, which is pointed, the other arches are semi-circular.
• His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
• “archangels” — although the word archangel was not then known — that the flames formed themselves round him into a triumphal arch without touching him; that his body had the smell of baked bread; but that, having resisted the fire, he could not preserve himself against a sabre-cut; that his blood put out the burning pile, and that there sprung from it a dove which flew straight to heaven. A Philosophical Dictionary
• Other Roman remains include the public baths and triumphal arch of Augustus.
• Formerly senior lecturer in classics at Royal Holloway, Peter Howell is writing a book on triumphal arches.
• The equestrian statue in Union Square and triumphal arch in Washington Square Park were adorned with flags and peace signs.
• The Corinthia consists of two curving towers, one slightly taller than the other, linked by a cavernous reception area topped by a triumphal arch.