spired
adjective
1
: having a spire
a spired church
2
: tapering usually to a sharp point
spired cedars
Examples of spired in a Sentence
the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range
Recent Examples on the Web
Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.
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Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.
—Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
The single-spired, single-story, 25,000-square-foot edifice will be New Mexico’s second temple.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
The single-spired, single-story, 19,000-square-foot temple will be the fifth in Argentina, home to more than 470,000 members.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
The double-spired, three-story, 81,000-square-foot structure is one of 28 existing or planned temples in Utah (seven of them in Utah County).
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
At the center of the makeover in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City — and one of Utah’s most visited tourist attractions — is an effort to dig deep beneath the six-spired granite temple and bolster its foundation as part of a seismic retrofit.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Dec. 2021
Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.
—Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
The single-spired, single-story, 25,000-square-foot edifice will be New Mexico’s second temple.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
The single-spired, single-story, 19,000-square-foot temple will be the fifth in Argentina, home to more than 470,000 members.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
The double-spired, three-story, 81,000-square-foot structure is one of 28 existing or planned temples in Utah (seven of them in Utah County).
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
At the center of the makeover in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City — and one of Utah’s most visited tourist attractions — is an effort to dig deep beneath the six-spired granite temple and bolster its foundation as part of a seismic retrofit.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Dec. 2021
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“Spired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spired. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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