Arches in example sentence

What are the finest arches of bridges and the arcades of cathedrals, compared with this far reaching vault, with a radius of three leagues, beneath which a wide and tempest-tossed ocean may flow at its ease?""Oh, I am not afraid that it will fall down upon my head.

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Narrator: When he arches his back, he gains altitude.

By insisting that it be in the design, it meant you couldn't use much of the structural technology that had been developed for Roman arches.

Pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large windows made the structure more skeletal and ornate.

She rode to the mountains on a cloud, then continued on foot passed gateways and arches until she reached one marked “beyond mortals” hanging over a silver bridge.

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