Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friezes
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
-
Milan, the country's second biggest city, is the metropolitan hub of northern Italy and one of the fashion capitals of the world.—
Laura Saravia,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
-
Clearly there’s a comedy scene there, but New York and Los Angeles are considered the de facto capitals.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
The daughter of Veronica Hearst, one of her era’s most stylish society swans, she was raised in a lavish Fifth Avenue apartment designed by Renzo Mongiardino featuring columns, tapestries, and Old Master paintings.—
Derek Blasberg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
-
Lavic displays and dramatic columns of ash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
My first apartment on 15th and Union Square was a studio in a classy old building with marble pillars, one small room with a bigger bathroom and strangely an even bigger closet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
-
The lobby's grand pillars and coffered ceilings exude Old World elegance, while the plush furniture and stone fireplace create a cozy living room feel.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Build Curves and Arches Sculptural arches can define architectural passages between open rooms and are currently trending in home design.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
-
It's beefed up the wheel arches, created a squarer, more upright upper fascia around the headlamps, and carved in some rather sharp, level accents on the sides.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Stairwells and elevator shafts acted like chimneys, and the absence of emergency lighting, signage and alternative exits prevented the safe evacuation of the hotel’s 238 guests, the indictment said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
-
In the past, some radioactive fallout has leaked from test shafts.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Friezes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friezes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share