How to Use lintel in a Sentence

lintel

noun

• The concrete lintel over one of our front windows has cracked.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
• In many cases the ends of this steel lintel extend to the extreme ends of the chimney.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 12 Sep. 2019
• The only family in his murals was the one squeezed atop the lintel.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
• Carvings of leering trolls loom on the lintel, warding off evil spirits.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian, 21 Nov. 2019
• The tomb owner's name might be carved on the lintel over the tomb's door, but that hasn't been excavated yet.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2018
• The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
• This creates a noticeably compact rear door aperture, requiring a duck of the head to get past the curved lintel.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022
• Around the sanctum were lintels carved with ornate scenes from Hindu mythology.
  — Edward Wong, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2017
• God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites to slaughter a lamb and place its blood on the doorposts and lintels of their homes.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
• The imposing brick building featured an ornate white archway and lintel over the entrance, and balconies for each unit.
  — cleveland.com, 8 May 2018
• These, in turn, support stone lintels — horizontal spans also made of rock, some of which are slotted together with joints.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• The din of TikTok videos spill out of a doorway topped with a single stone lintel that has to be 500 years old.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2023
• Although visually arresting, the actions on these lintels take place within the confines of the mundane world.
  — James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
• There is also an inner ring of smaller bluestones and, within that ring, several free-standing trilithons (larger sarsens joined by one lintel).
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022
• Work involves replacing the lintel beams and related brick, as well as a door frame at the fire station, which was built in 1947.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
• Yaxchilán is notable for its detailed sculptures and limestone lintel carvings, which depict the region’s history and rulers.
  — Tim Leffel, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• The two other relics that will be returned include a sun god and a lintel with carvings of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Brahma.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
• The mason's marks carved into the quarry-stone lintels are stick figures and feather arrows, suggesting a pre-literate group of stone workers.
  — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
• The store was taking over the corner retail space of an 1888 brick warehouse with thick stone lintels and terra-cotta flourishes.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2025
• Typically this lintel is set 8 to 12 inches higher than the finished fireplace opening.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 12 Sep. 2019
• Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
• The sandstone lintel, showing a fearsome dragon with human arms emerging from lush foliage, once adorned the entrance to an early Khmer sanctuary.
  — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
• Sensitive updates were spread out over ten months, with original features like concrete-tile floors, lintels, and exposed timber posts being repaired and restored.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
• Similarly, chalet-style details, such as planked ceilings, box beds, and large window lintels, are gaining popularity.
  — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
• One of the trilithons (arch-like structures made of two upright stones supporting a horizontal lintel stone) in the central horseshoe fell down in 1797.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 30 July 2020
• The mural fills the entire wall, punctuated only by three doors, and Shahn cleverly integrates their lintels into his narrative.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
• One of the more interesting new finds from the dig is a lintel, or structural beam from a chapel with a depiction of Maat, the Egyptian goddess of order, equity, and peace.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2018
• When the upstairs bathroom in her New York home required stripping down to the original structure, a shoe was found hidden above the door lintel between the ceiling of the second floor and the attic floor.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
• Miers told the council the developer agreed to incorporate the building’s 1910 cornerstone and the lintel above the door into the new structure’s designs.
  — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• The TikTok clip opens with Matson pointing out corroding steel lintels, which are structural supports placed above windows and other openings to sustain the building's weight.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025