Used in a Sentence

spires

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spires.

Editorial note

I mean sure, there was bauhaus, but it’s not like banks are putting up neo-gothic office buildings, they’re putting up spires of glass.

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Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spires gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spires.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

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I mean sure, there was bauhaus, but it’s not like banks are putting up neo-gothic office buildings, they’re putting up spires of glass.

2

My wife wants to see our shoes as well as the church spires in the same photo.

3

Like, even height doesn't seem to be available, much less shapes like spires and such as shown in the demo image.

4

The sculptural spires are also excellent where they follow the law of weirdness and surprise.

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In nature you get trees halfway up spires of rock, for sure.

6

Only some spires of bright green grass Transparently in sunshine quivering.

7

(You can just see the six spires over an office building in the left-hand side of the frame).

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How many trees in nature grow on spires that are 100s of times higher than their base (hint: trees that grow on mountains do not apply.

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So whereas a gothic church may have previously received baroque spires if the gothic was meager, today, most modifications are bound to look like a downgrade.

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Or it can be external-Bob's satisfied with the design and shows it to his customer, who then realizes that having 17 spires arranged in a heptadecagon looks stupid after all.

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Most actually would like to see the city manhattanify, or at least become more like Paris (height limit relative to street width) or Munich (99m in city center so church spires are visible).

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I had a well paid job in a well established company to do a PhD in something I was passionate about with someone whom I admired and still do in the city of dreaming spires.

Quote examples

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Actually reading the article, came across: "So science is messy, and despite more than a century of digging, we still don’t really know, for sure, what these huge spires that dominated the ancient Earth really were." So despite the link-bait title, we still don't know and they may not be giant mushrooms.

Proper noun examples

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Looking for the forecast for Indian Creek, Joshua Tree, the Gunks, Cathedral Spires?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spires in a sentence?

I mean sure, there was bauhaus, but it’s not like banks are putting up neo-gothic office buildings, they’re putting up spires of glass.

What does spires mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is spires?

spires is commonly used as noun.