Examples of rooftop in a Sentence
They have a garden on the rooftop of the apartment building.
He wanted to shout from the rooftops when he got the job.
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Only weeks earlier, the city had been shaken by the murder of Caroline Isenberg, a recent Harvard graduate and an aspiring actress who was attacked and dragged to the rooftop of her West End Avenue apartment building by Emmanuel Torres, the twenty-two-year-old son of its superintendent.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Features of the priciest metro Phoenix houses to sell include rooftop decks, a 16-foot kitchen island and pool houses.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
For the most breathtaking experience, head up there during sunrise and sunset, when the golden light washes over the city, illuminating its rooftops and winding streets in a magical glow.
—Rana Good, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Eighteen months after the last group battle with Vecna in the Abyss in the series finale, Jonathan (Heaton), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), Steve (Joe Keery) and Robin (Maya Hawke) reunite on a rooftop for a tearful catch-up.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Features of the priciest metro Phoenix houses to sell include rooftop decks, a 16-foot kitchen island and pool houses.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
For the most breathtaking experience, head up there during sunrise and sunset, when the golden light washes over the city, illuminating its rooftops and winding streets in a magical glow.
—Rana Good, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Eighteen months after the last group battle with Vecna in the Abyss in the series finale, Jonathan (Heaton), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), Steve (Joe Keery) and Robin (Maya Hawke) reunite on a rooftop for a tearful catch-up.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Rooftop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooftop. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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rooftop
noun
roof·top
ˈrüf-ˌtäp 
ˈru̇f-
: roof entry 1 sense 1a
especially
: the outer surface of a flat roof
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