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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The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Videos from bystanders appeared to capture on person running across a rooftop of a nearby building on the campus, called the Losee Center, located around 140 yards from the stage were Kirk was speaking from.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
On Thursday night, additional video was released of the suspect, dropping from a rooftop after the shooting, as authorities asked the public for tips and assistance in identifying him.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Videos from bystanders appeared to capture on person running across a rooftop of a nearby building on the campus, called the Losee Center, located around 140 yards from the stage were Kirk was speaking from.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
On Thursday night, additional video was released of the suspect, dropping from a rooftop after the shooting, as authorities asked the public for tips and assistance in identifying him.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Rooftop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooftop. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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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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