Pediment used in a sentence

Pediment in a sentence as a noun

The Venetians compounded the damage by their incompetent attempt to loot some sculptures from the west pediment; these fell to the ground and smashed to pieces.

Or to use it to calculate the necessary building materials for something like a pediment or cathedral?

The people who start in CA and end in Denver, Portland or Austin might not be shitting on the streets themselves but they fight tooth and nail for the kind of public policy that has led cities like SF and SD into their current pediment.