How to Use archway in a Sentence

archway

noun
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  • The stone fell from the top of the archway structure, which was about 12 feet high.
    — Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • Both the deckchair and archway piece were found floating in the water near the ship.
    — Tracee M. Herbaugh, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017
  • Across the street was a gated archway draped with thorny brown vines.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • An archway that serves as an entrance to the park will be at the same spot as the main entrance to the high school.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2019
  • There is an archway where the living room opens to the dining room.
    — Margaret Demarino, courant.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • And at the archway’s edge, a woman sprawled on the ground, unconscious.
    — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The kitchen is nearby, connected to the space by a large archway.
    — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Their words are worked into sculptural archways and on the walls of the center.
    — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The new figure is near the beginning of the ride, right after boats go through the archway.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • For Van Deraa, the archway and the sleigh are her favorite pieces.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Two of its archways lead into the kitchen and another leads to a back wing.
    — Margaret Demarino, courant.com, 30 Nov. 2017
  • The three stand in the archway of Blake's backyard chapel where the ceremony took place.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2021
  • On an archway, an upside down turntable is carved into the wood.
    — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Christ is at the center in the upper part of the painting with an archway and a view of a landscape behind him.
    — The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2019
  • Today, the archway on Lake Shore Boulevard is one of few reminders of the park to survive.
    — cleveland.com, 20 July 2017
  • Enter the museum through the grand archway on Cromwell Road, turn left, and make your way up two flights of stairs to the first era: Lover.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 July 2024
  • The line formed long before 10 a.m., when the first fish was set to be served, snaking from the harbor to the promenade through the ancient archway.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, stood in front of an archway fringed with palm trees and warmed up the crowd with jokes about the deep state.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • The field has become a maze of lights on trees, archways and the nine giant reindeer from Santa’s sleigh.
    — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The archway at the entrance to the neighborhood had been demolished; the gnarled hull of a black car sat nearby.
    — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • When the first tower collapsed Dave ducked into the archway of a building.
    — Jennifer Brett, ajc, 2 June 2018
  • The archway is part of the new China Garden being constructed in the East Side park.
    — Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • The city is now improving the lot with an archway and and a tent to protect visitors from rain.
    — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 14 May 2017
  • Squeezing through the small archway, big guys dressed in black T-shirts with their biceps bulging told us to toss any food and drink we’d brought.
    — Valentina Valentini, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2018
  • And of course, who could forget that jaw-dropping archway, where the newlyweds shared a first kiss?
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 23 May 2017
  • At the bottom of a winding road, under an archway cut from large pink stones, is the gurgling spring the village was named for.
    — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2018
  • Part of their character is in those little spaces or in the archways.
    — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Under the archways on the left is a loggia that includes an outdoor kitchen, dining area and lounge.
    — Ray Parisi, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • This traditional-style archway got a modern upgrade with shelves of varying sizes between the post and the wall.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The same orange is used in the bathroom, which is connected to the bedroom by an archway, creating a suite-like atmosphere with a dressing room to one side and a shower on the other.
    — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024

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