How to Use skyscraper in a Sentence

skyscraper

noun

• An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is about to make a close pass to Earth.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
• Fuhr advanced two bases on the play and scored on Brown’s skyscraper.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• The third base is on a skyscraper building in the commercial area.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2023
• The brass glared like a reflection off a skyscraper’s skin.
  — Vulture, 22 May 2023
• Erecting the highest skyscraper gave caché to Met Life.
  — Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
• Aramark ran the observation deck near the top of the skyscraper.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• At last count, KPF, as the firm is known, had designed more than 250 skyscrapers around the globe, including some of the tallest.
  — Paul Goldberger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• Downtown skyscrapers glittered in the sun and, beyond that, the ocean looked golden.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• Ahead of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena, dozens of floors of the skyscraper were tagged with colorful spray paint.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• And shorter buildings — not skyscrapers — account for the most bird deaths.
  — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• In another shot, the dad of three posed in front of the futuristic skyscrapers while Liam stood in the background.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• Here, skyscrapers are pine trees, subway maps are trails and museums are art exhibits in the woods.
  — James Barrett, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023
• On the 30th floor of a skyscraper, Janki felt entirely cut off from nature.
  — Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Bangkok skyline is known for its towering skyscrapers, and a good number of them have rooftop bars that range in style and budget.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
• His dad led the maintenance team for a skyscraper in New Orleans, where the family lived.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• This tubing mascara makes lashes look skyscraper-long and doesn't smudge, fade, or flake off throughout the day.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 5 Mar. 2023
• The fact that Miles and Gwen also shoot webs and swing around skyscrapers is incidental to their emotional arcs in the film.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Or a perspective to blend one of Birmingham’s downtown parks with the city’s skyscrapers?
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2023
• Visitors come in droves to immerse themselves in city life, whether that's with a side of sunshine or skyscrapers.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2023
• As the lawyers band together to keep afloat, lines begin to blur inside and outside their skyscraper offices — for good and bad.
  — Selena Barrientos, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• Ten skylights let in a radiant view pierced by skyscrapers.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
• Images from a crash site in the capital showed the façade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor, with glass shattered and structural beams snapped and deformed.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 31 July 2023
• The photo shoot for the collaboration was shot alongside the skyscrapers of Dubai, a place Lohan, 36, has lived for years.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• The skyscraper would become the tallest building in the Outer Sunset neighborhood and change its makeup.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
• Three stories above a busy stretch of North Halsted, on a rooftop with views of downtown skyscrapers, crickets chirp and prairie flowers dance in the breeze.
  — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Blood is smeared across bathroom mirrors, maybe from a nose punched by one of the violent drag queens vaulting around the gig on skyscraper stilettos.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
• Today, where once there were sand dunes, there are now skyscrapers hosting some of the world’s richest high-tech companies.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
• While Dubai is known for its skyscrapers, shopping, and attractions, Ras Al Khaimah has the opposite vibe.
  — Michele Robson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Behind her, a factory belches out brown plumes as thick as a skyscraper.
  — WIRED, 20 Feb. 2023
• In both incidents, the Russian military said the drones that hit the skyscraper were jammed before crashing.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024