How to Use superstructure in a Sentence

superstructure

noun

• Bridges with piers will all have pier caps to transfer the load from the superstructure.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
• Pier caps transfer the loads from the superstructure to the piers.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
• The ships feature a long flat deck for most of the length of the ship and a tall superstructure to the rear.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
• It's got a smooth outside that goes up to a superstructure, and its sides are curving.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2024
• That won’t be easy with a concrete superstructure that towers so high.
  — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Dark shadows lurk nearby in a hatch in the tanker’s superstructure.
  — Helen Scales, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
• The superstructure sat at one place in the yard, the hull and deck that would carry it at another.
  — al, 21 Nov. 2022
• The work includes fixes to the bridge deck as well as the superstructure, which supports the deck.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
• The year of its collapse, the bridge’s superstructure rating was a 4.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• Up top, meanwhile, a private sun pad area is built into the superstructure.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
• Outside, meanwhile, two wide side decks run from the bow to the stern to create a sense of flow around to the superstructure.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
• The fourth was right-side-up, but unpainted and lacking its superstructure.
  — al, 21 Nov. 2022
• The entire superstructure that made up the wheelhouse and middle deck had been destroyed in the blaze.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• The curved superstructure was also forged from aluminum in a true feat of craftsmanship.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Coast Guard said the vessel has a bluish-purple hull, a white superstructure and white sails.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• So using the platform to build the superstructure and then return it to the neighborhood on my own terms is a huge step for me.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2022
• Her superstructure was stripped and a 550-foot wooden flight deck fitted.
  — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2018
• The relatively low length-to-beam ratio and a very high superstructure make for a stout-looking ship.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• Its crew saved it, in part, by using heavy steel cables to tie cracked portions of the ship’s superstructure together.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
• If nobody were to show up to vote on Election Day, the superstructure of the country would fall apart.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
• The project will replace the deck and strengthen the steel superstructure to improve freight travel across the Thames.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2024
• The radar is installed in a number of bulges on the ship's superstructure, again, like American ships.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2017
• The side area has glass paneling in the superstructure to prevent gusts of wind, so it can be opened up, without being unruly.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2022
• The living area, located at the rear of the superstructure, consists of six suites, with room for up to 12 guests.
  — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
• The metal superstructure of the plant is about ten stories tall, and there are dozens of men hanging off of every level, welding.
  — Michael J. Mooney, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2015
• Funny to see the strategy and the superstructure stripped away for a moment, leaving only pure play.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• The project will rebuild many facets of the bridge, including its superstructure, deck, curbs, railings and sidewalks.
  — Ethan May, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2021
• The ship has two aircraft elevators on the starboard side, fore and aft of the island superstructure.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
• For instance, all doors in the sides of the superstructure that would normally be hinged have been fitted as electric sliding doors.
  — Bill Springer, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• The world was watching, and the bodies of four more construction workers were encased in the bridge’s superstructure.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024