frieze

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Recent Examples of frieze Nearly 50 years would pass before Gardner climbed that tower again, this time in search of inspiration from the terra cotta friezes of birds of prey and Native American warriors that are carved into the side of the school’s building. Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 The Yanks go for Nos. 9 and 10 beneath their white frieze. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 The frieze, estimated to be about 12,500 years old, depicts massive ice age beasts thought to have once roamed South America, including mastodons and ground sloths the size of a car. Laura Bassett, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frieze
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Noun
  • Why One Designer Loves Cornice Headboards Some designers absolutely love the look of a cornice headboard and the frills that come with it.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The ornate cornice on the top of the building also collapsed.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are other stops on the tour: the great room, which also features marble columns and marble entablatures, enhanced by wooden moldings and ceilings.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
  • The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The white curved walls offset with those two Miami Beach electric-blue mosaic columns, a single rose and an ADT home security sign took my eye.
    Jerald “Coop” Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Despite its compact layout, the Vanguard also manages to cram a column of programmable keys on the left side of the keyboard.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In Pakistan, she was greeted by President Mohammad Ayub Khan, laid a wreath at the tomb of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the nation’s founder, and attended a state dinner in Islamabad, the nation’s capital.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • To reduce energy demand, the capital has also reportedly implemented a rotating parking system for public car parks, and public sector workers' vehicles will be banned from parking every other day based on license plate numbers.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.
    Carey Purcell, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2025
  • With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Mercedes-Benz initiated a recall for more than 24,000 vehicles due to a malfunction with the propeller shaft that may cause the vehicle to lose power while in motion.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Morales was trapped about 22 feet underground during the ordeal and was saved after first responders drilled a parallel shaft and horizonal tunnel through rock to access her location, KMID/KPEJ reported.
    Greg Norman-Diamond , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Here, a stucco-and-stone entry provides a contrasting warmth through the simple addition of wooden pillars on the porch.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Swisher has taken some strategies with her for these pillars of wellness.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026

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“Frieze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frieze. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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